Phyllis Starkey

Phyllis Starkey MP
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Milton Keynes South West
Majority: 4010
  

Councils, public bodies

Oxford City Council:
Councillor 1983-97,
Leader 1990-93,
Chair of Transport 1985-88,
Chair of Finance 1988-90, 1993-96;
Chair Local Government Information Unit 1992-97;
Representative of Labour Councillors on National Policy Forum 1995-97;
Chair Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) 2002-06
  

Electoral history

Member for Milton Keynes South West since 1 May 1997 general election
  

Commons Career

Team PPS, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2001-02;
PPS to Denis MacShane as Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2002-05
  

Commons Select Committees

Member: Modernisation of the House of Commons 1997-99,
Foreign Affairs 1999-2001,
Chair ODPM/Communities and Local Government 2005-;
Member: Liaison 2005-,
Liaison Sub-committee 2009-,
Liaison (National Policy Statements Sub-committee) 2009-,
Reform of the House of Commons 2009-
  

Commons Backbench committees

Chair PLP:
Departmental Committee for Health and Social Services 2004-05,
South East Regional Group 2003-06;
Vice-chair PLP Departmental Committee for Women 2005-07
  

All-party groups (office-holding)

Vice-chair:
Syria Group 2005-,
British Museum Group 2007-
  

Political interests

Science, health, environment and transport, local democracy and regional devolution, foreign affairs, Middle East
  

Countries of interest

Palestine, France, North Africa, Middle East
  

Current posts

Chair Select Committee on Communities and Local Government 2005-;
Member Select Committee on Liaison 2005-;
Vice-chair All-Party:
Syria Group 2005-,
British Museum Group 2007-;
Member Select Committees on:
Reform of the House of Commons 2009-,
Liaison Sub-committee 2009-,
Liaison (National Policy Statements Sub-committee) 2009-
  

Region

South East
  

Westminster

Dr Phyllis Starkey MP
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Tel:020 7219 0456
Fax:020 7219 6865
starkeyp@parliament.uk
www.phyllisstarkey.co.uk
  


Milton Keynes South West general election 2005


 *Starkey, Phyllis  Lab  20,862  42.75%
  Stewart, Iain  Con  16,852  34.53%
  Stuart, Neil  Lib Dem  7,909  16.21%
  Harlock, George  UKIP  1,750  3.59%
  Francis, Alan  Green  1,336  2.74%
  Lab Majority     4,010  8.22%
  Electorate     80,460 
  Turnout     48,797  60.65%
  Lab Hold (3.54% from Lab to Con)  


  *Member of last parliament