12 Facts About Bridget Prentice

Bridget Theresa Prentice is a Scottish politician who was the Member of Parliament for Lewisham East from 1992 to 2010.

Bridget Prentice was married to the Labour MP Gordon Prentice from 1975 until their divorce in 2000.

Bridget Prentice was a member of the Labour Party until May 2019, when she resigned in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

Bridget Prentice was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 28 December 1952.

Bridget Prentice attended Our Lady and St Francis School, the University of Glasgow, the University of London and South Bank Polytechnic.

Bridget Prentice contested Lewisham East at the 1992 election; its incumbent Conservative MP Colin Moynihan had a majority of 4,814.

Bridget Prentice gained it for Labour with a majority of 1,095, and increased the majority to 12,127 in 1997.

Bridget Prentice rejoined the government in 2003, appointed again to the Government Whips' Office.

Bridget Prentice later became a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Constitutional Affairs, continuing in the role in the department's successor, the Ministry of Justice.

Bridget Prentice agreed to pay back the money, which had been spent on sending party political literature to voters who were outside her constituency, but who would join it at the next election as the result of boundary changes.

Bridget Prentice has close ties to Bonus Pastor Secondary School in Lewisham, accepting one pupil every year for work experience, which included work within the constituency and the Houses of Parliament.

Bridget Prentice resigned from her membership of the Labour Party in May 2019.