Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon (born 7 January 1959) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until she was defeated in 2010. She was a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office, incorporating the offices of Minister for the Third Sector and Minister for Social Exclusion. She was made a life peer in 2010.
Smith attended Pitsea Junior School and Chalvedon Comprehensive (...
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Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon (born 7 January 1959) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until she was defeated in 2010. She was a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office, incorporating the offices of Minister for the Third Sector and Minister for Social Exclusion. She was made a life peer in 2010.
Smith attended Pitsea Junior School and Chalvedon Comprehensive (later called Chalvedon School) on Wickford Avenue in Basildon. At Leicester Polytechnic, she studied Public Administration, gaining a BA. In 1978, she married Nigel Smith, who has written a number of books for key stage 3 and key stage 4 history.
From 1982–83, Smith was a trainee accountant with the London Borough of Newham. She then worked for the League Against Cruel Sports from 1983–95, becoming the head of Political and Public Relations. She was a political researcher from 1995–97.
Smith was a county councillor from 1989 and member of the...
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