1. Paula Barker was born on 9 May 1972 and is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree since 2019.
19 Facts About Paula Barker
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Paula Barker served as the Shadow Minister for Devolution and the English Regions from September 2023 to November 2023.
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Paula Barker was the Unison North West Regional Convenor, as well as the leader of her local government branch in Halton, Cheshire.
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Paula Barker was born on 9 May 1972 at Sefton General Hospital in Wavertree, Liverpool.
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Paula Barker's father died two weeks before her second birthday, leaving her mother to raise her as a single parent.
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Paula Barker attended Holly Lodge Girls' High School in West Derby, Liverpool.
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Paula Barker was employed in local government for almost 30 years.
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Paula Barker moved from Liverpool City Council for a promotion at neighbouring Knowsley Council to work in Customer Services, where she spent around four years.
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Paula Barker held the position of Halton Branch Secretary for UNISON and in May 2015 became its North West Regional Convenor, taking over from Angela Rayner.
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Paula Barker made her maiden speech on 4 February 2020, becoming one of the first of the new MPs from the 2019 general election to do so.
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Since that maiden speech, Paula Barker has called upon the Government to enact meaningful reform of the social care market.
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Paula Barker sponsored the Private Members Bill put forward by Mike Amesbury, Labour MP for Weaver Vale, on proposed changes to the law regarding school uniforms.
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Paula Barker served as a member of the Justice Select Committee between May 2020 and July 2021 and is currently a Member of Home Affairs Select Committee and became PPS to Shadow Defence Minister, John Healey in March 2022.
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In February 2022, Paula Barker was re-selected as the Labour candidate for the new Liverpool Wavertree constituency to stand at the 2024 general election.
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Paula Barker was appointed Shadow Minister for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping on 28 October 2022.
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Paula Barker is a member of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East.
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In May 2024, PoliticsHome reported that Paula Barker had left the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs.
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Paula Barker remains Co-Chair of the APPG for ending homelessness and rough sleeping.
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Paula Barker is a co-sponsor of Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults Bill.