Kate Green previously served as Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston between 2010 and 2022.
33 Facts About Kate Green
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Kate Green was promoted to the shadow cabinet after Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015, as Shadow Women and Equalities Minister.
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Kate Green was elected to chair the Privileges and Standards Committees in 2018, and stood down upon her appointment as Shadow Child Poverty Strategy Minister by new Labour leader Keir Starmer in April 2020.
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Kate Green resigned her seat in parliament in November 2022 after being nominated by Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester's Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.
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Katherine Anne Kate Green was born on 2 May 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Kate Green's parents were Jessie Craig and Maurice Green, who was Jewish.
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Kate Green attended Currie High School and the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
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Kate Green was employed as Director of the National Council for One Parent Families between 2000 and 2004, then taking up the post of Chief Executive of the Child Poverty Action Group until 2009.
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Alongside this, Kate Green was a member, then chair, of the London Child Poverty Commission from 2006 to 2009.
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Kate Green served as a magistrate in the City of London between 1993 and 2009.
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Kate Green joined the Labour Party in 1990 and stood unsuccessfully in the 1997 General Election as the candidate for the Greater London constituency of Cities of London and Westminster.
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Kate Green contested the 2000 London Assembly election in the West Central constituency, again not being elected.
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In 2009, Kate Green was selected as the candidate for Stretford and Urmston through an all-women shortlist following Beverley Hughes's announcement that she would not be seeking re-election.
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Since entering Parliament, Kate Green has been elected as a Vice-Chair of the Labour Party's National Policy Forum and served as the chairman of the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party.
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In November 2011, Kate Green was criticised for failing to declare an interest when tabling an amendment to a bill.
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Kate Green had neglected to mention her membership of the GMB trade union when attempting to amend the Legal Aid Bill.
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In February 2012, Kate Green complained about a beer sold in the House of Commons Stranger's Bar, called Top Totty.
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The advertising plate on the pump handle featured an image of a bikini-clad bunny girl, which Kate Green said "demeaned women".
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Kate Green was re-elected in the 2015 general election on an increased voter turnout, managing to increase both the Labour Party's share and majority.
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Kate Green became chair of Owen Smith's leadership campaign challenging Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 leadership election.
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Kate Green wrote in the New Statesman in September 2016: "Even when Jeremy gets that there's a problem, his solutions too often reinforce rather than address the root causes of gender inequality".
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Kate Green held her seat at the 2017 and 2019 general elections.
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Kate Green announced in February 2022 that she would be standing down at the next general election.
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In October 2013, Kate Green became Shadow Minister for Disabled People.
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Kate Green resigned from this position on 27 June 2016.
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Kate Green was a supporter of the Remain campaign during the EU referendum.
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Kate Green left the front bench in the November 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffle.
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Kate Green has been a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, European Scrutiny Committee, Justice Select Committee, Committee of Privileges, Commons Select Committee on Standards, the Home Affairs Select Committee, and the Liaison Committee.
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Kate Green is an officer of the following All-Party Parliamentary Groups, as of May 2020:.
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Kate Green married Richard Duncan Mabb in 1985; the couple divorced in 2006.
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Kate Green is a member of the GMB and Unite trade unions, the Fawcett Society, the Fabian Society, and CPAG.
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Kate Green is a past trustee of the Friends Provident Foundation, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Family and Parenting Institute, Avenues Youth Project, and End Child Poverty.
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Kate Green was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for "services to welfare work" as part of the 2005 New Year Honours, where her work in the CPAG and membership of the National Employment Panel was recognised.