12 Facts About Maureen Hicks

Maureen Patricia Hicks was a British politician who was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East from 1987 to 1992.

From 1969 to 1970, as Maureen Hicks Cutler, she was a secondary school teacher of drama and English.

Maureen Hicks was heavily involved in local tourism at Stratford-upon-Avon, whilst realising the necessity to remain sensitive to the needs of the local residents.

Maureen Hicks was a former member of the Heart of England Tourist Board executive, and director of Stratford-upon-Avon Motor Museum from 1976 to 1982.

Maureen Hicks served as a councillor in Stratford upon Avon District Council from 1979 to 1984.

Once a Member of Parliament, Maureen Hicks made her maiden speech on 1 December 1987, during a House of Commons debate on an Education Reform Bill.

Maureen Hicks was a member of the Conservative backbench tourism committee until 1990, and a member of the Select Committee on Education, Science and the Arts.

Maureen Hicks stood for re-election in the 1992 general election in her Wolverhampton North East seat.

Maureen Hicks used a battle bus in her campaign to be re-elected, adopting Tina Turner's song "Simply the Best," to be played out as the bus drove in the streets of her constituency, saying she had chosen a song by a strong woman to emphasise her own credentials as a steely female.

Maureen Hicks was a project director for the Stratford-upon-Avon Visitor Management Action Programme, and was a founder member of the Shakespeare Country Association of Tourist Attractions - which includes the Royal Shakespeare Company, Warwick Castle, Anne Hathaway's Cottage and other Shakespeare Birthplace Trust properties.

Maureen Hicks held a number of directorships, including for Earl Mountbatten Hospice in Newport, Isle of Wight.

Maureen Hicks died in Stratford-upon-Avon on 13 February 2024, at the age of 75.