1. Elizabeth Anne McInnes was born on 30 March 1959 and is a British Labour Party politician and biochemist who served as Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton from 2014 to 2019.
16 Facts About Liz McInnes
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Elizabeth Anne McInnes was born on 30 March 1959 in Oldham, Lancashire.
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Liz McInnes was the fifth of the eight children to Margaret Elizabeth and George Frederick McInnes.
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Liz McInnes's father was a sheet metal worker who died when she was 14 years-old, so her mother brought-up the family single-handedly.
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Liz McInnes studied biochemistry at St Anne's College, University of Oxford and completed a master's degree at the University of Surrey.
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Liz McInnes served as secretary of the Pennine Acute branch for Unite the Union, chair of the National Health Sector Industrial Committee and a member of the Healthcare Science organising professional committee.
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Liz McInnes was elected as a Member of Rossendale Borough Council for Longholme in 2010, where she was health lead and Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
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Liz McInnes stood down from the Council after her election to parliament, but was re-elected to Longholme in the 2022 local elections.
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Liz McInnes was elected to Parliament at the October 2014 Heywood and Middleton by-election, narrowly defeating UKIP candidate John Bickley with a majority of 617 votes.
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Liz McInnes was re-elected in 2015 and 2017, but defeated at the 2019 general election by Conservative Chris Clarkson.
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Liz McInnes supported Andy Burnham in the 2015 Labour leadership election, and was appointed Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government after Jeremy Corbyn's victory.
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In June 2016, Liz McInnes supported Corbyn in a vote of no confidence within the Parliamentary Labour Party.
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Liz McInnes supported Owen Smith in the unsuccessful attempt to replace him in the 2016 leadership election.
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Liz McInnes was re-appointed to the opposition front bench in October 2016, as Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs responsible for Africa and Asia.
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Liz McInnes was awarded Parliamentarian of the Year in 2016 by the charity Brake, for her campaigning to obtain tougher sentences for those causing death and injury by dangerous driving.
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Liz McInnes was later appointed to the House of Lords by the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.