Constance Ann Cryer, known as Ann Cryer, JP (born 14 December 1939) is a British politician and the Labour Member of Parliament for Keighley. Ann Cryer became a Justice of the Peace in 1996 and a member of the Bradford Cathedral Council from 2000.
Born Constance Place in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, she was educated at the St John's Primary School in Darwen and the Spring Bank Secondary Modern School, Darwen, before attending the Bolton Technical...
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Constance Ann Cryer, known as Ann Cryer, JP (born 14 December 1939) is a British politician and the Labour Member of Parliament for Keighley. Ann Cryer became a Justice of the Peace in 1996 and a member of the Bradford Cathedral Council from 2000.
Born Constance Place in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, she was educated at the St John's Primary School in Darwen and the Spring Bank Secondary Modern School, Darwen, before attending the Bolton Technical College and the Keighley Technical College. During this period she became a close friend of Mollie Sugden, and was later a bridesmaid at her wedding.
She began her career working as a clerk with the Imperial Chemical Industries plc in 1955, moving to the General Post Office 1960 to 1964; while there she submitted a proposal that an interconnected network of computer systems be developed and distributed around the UK mainland to provide a secure and robust method of data exchange in the event of war with the USSR. Although this proposal was...
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