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Claire Ward was born on 9 May, 1972 in North Shields, Northumberland, England, is a British politician. Discover Claire Ward's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

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Age 51 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 9 May 1972
Birthday 9 May
Birthplace North Shields, Northumberland, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1972

Claire Margaret Ward (born 9 May 1972) is a Labour Party politician.

1987

Both her parents were Labour Party councillors and her father stood unsuccessfully as the Labour candidate for Hertsmere at the 1987 general election.

1990

In 1990, she won the South East TUC Mike Perkins Memorial Award for Young Trade Unionists before being elected as the Youth Representative on Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) the following year.

1993

She was brought up in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, where she attended the Loreto College, an all-girls Roman Catholic school in St Albans, and studied at the newly created University of Hertfordshire graduating with a LLB (Law degree) in 1993.

She then completed an MA in Britain and the European Union at Brunel University, before qualifying as a solicitor at the College of Law in London.

1994

She was elected as a councillor for Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council in 1994, where she served as Mayor from 1996 to 1997.

1995

From 1995 to 1998, she was a trainee solicitor.

Ward joined the Labour Party, the Co-operative Party and the Transport and General Workers' Union at the age of fifteen, becoming an active member of Young Labour.

She stepped down from the Labour Party NEC in 1995 upon her selection as the party's candidate for Watford.

1997

She served as the Member of Parliament for Watford from 1997 to 2010, and was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2010.

Ward was born in North Shields, Northumberland, the daughter of Frank and Cathy Ward.

Ward became the MP for Watford at the 1997 general election, succeeding the former Conservative Party Deputy Chief Whip Tristan Garel-Jones who had retired, and defeating Conservative candidate Robert Gordon by 5,792 votes.

Elected at the age of 24, she was not quite the youngest MP, being a month older than Chris Leslie, the new MP for Shipley, although she was the youngest woman elected to the House of Commons.

2000

From 2000 to 2002, she was the Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Chocolate and Confectionery Industry Group.

2001

She was also the youngest female MP elected in the 2001 election.

After her election, Ward became a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.

In the 2001 general election she retained her seat by 5,555 votes and was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Hutton.

2004

She claimed over £90,000 in second home allowance between 2004 and 2009, despite living less than 30 miles from Westminster.

In 2004, she voted with the Conservatives in favour of introducing a ban on the "reasonable chastisement" of children.

2005

The increasing dominance of local politics in Watford Borough council by the Liberal Democrats, including the election of a Liberal Democrat Mayor, led to speculation that Ward would find re-election extremely difficult; Ward even accused staff from the council of harassment during the 2005 general election campaign.

However, she managed to hold off a strong Liberal Democrat challenge from Sal Brinton; despite a 12% swing against her, Ward held the seat with a majority of 1,148 votes (approximately 2.3%).

The Conservative candidate was narrowly pushed into third place, with 793 fewer votes than Brinton, making Watford a three-way marginal seat.

2006

Upon her re-election in May 2005, Ward was appointed an Assistant Government Whip before being promoted to full Whip, as a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, on 5 May 2006.

2008

She was promoted again in October 2008 to Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, the lowest of the senior Whips.

In 2008, on a free vote, Ward voted against her party's majority position on abortion, where she unsuccessfully voted in several separate bills for a reduction in the time when an abortion can be carried out from 24 weeks.

2009

At the June 2009 Cabinet reshuffle, she replaced Shahid Malik as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice.

Upon publication of MP's expenses in 2009, Ward defended her choice to fund a second home in Westminster from her parliamentary allowance, citing her need to balance her public duties with her duties as a mother of small children.

Ward was one of 98 MPs who voted in favour of legislation which would have kept MPs expense details secret.

As of the end of 2009, Ward has rebelled against the Government's stated or majority position 19 times out of 2,629 votes she has attended, a rebelling rate of 0.72%.

She has on occasion voted against her party line on changes to the schedule of the House of Commons, and the Government's position on reform of the House of Lords.

2010

Ward lost her seat at the 2010 general election, when she finished in third place with 14,750 votes, behind the successful Conservative Party candidate Richard Harrington (who received 19,291 votes) and the Liberal Democrat Sal Brinton (17,866 votes).

The Labour Party was in Government throughout Ward's time in Parliament.

2011

From June 2011 until its closure in March 2015, Ward was executive director of the Independent Pharmacy Federation.

2013

She has been a Non Executive Director of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since May 2013 and was appointed chair in October 2021.

In August 2023, she was selected Labour candidate for the 2024 East Midlands mayoral election.

2015

In April 2015, Ward became the Chair of Pharmacy Voice, an association of trade bodies representing community pharmacy contractors.

2017

She resigned this role in April 2017 as part of the Pharmacy Voice's closure.

2018

She is Governor of the University of Hertfordshire since September 2018.

2019

Claire Ward was Chief Executive of the Institute for Collaborative Working from January 2019 to January 2022.

She also continues roles in the pharmacy sector with the Pharmacists Defence Association and as Chair of Sigma Pharmaceuticals Annual Conference.