Liz Blackman

Elizabeth Marion 'Liz' Blackman (September 26, 1949) is a British politician, and is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Erewash.

Blackman was born in 1949 in Penrith, Cumbria she was educated at the Carlisle County School for Girls; Prince Henry's Grammar School in Otley; and Clifton College, Nottingham, where she was awarded a degree in Education.

She taught at the Bramcote Park Comprehensive School in Nottingham, and in 1991 she was elected as a councillor to Broxtowe District Council, and became its deputy leader in 1995 until her election to Westminster in 1997. She stood down from the council in 1998.

Blackman was elected as the Labour MP for Erewash at the 1997 General Election, defeating the Conservative Angela Knight. She began her progress up the political ladder when she was nominated to the Treasury Select Committee in 1997, replacing Diane Abbott. In 2000 she became the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. She remained Hoon's PPS after the 2005 General Election in his new position as Leader of the House of Commons.

She is no longer Geoff Hoon's PPS due to her new role as Assistant Whip to HM Treasury.

External links

*The Labour Party - Liz Blackman MP official biography
*Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Liz Blackman MP
*TheyWorkForYou.com - Liz Blackman MP