SMITH, Angela C

Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (previously Sheffield, Hillsborough) since 2005. Committees: Member, Transport Select Committee since February 2009; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Wildlife and Countryside Group. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Yvette Cooper as Minister of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister/Department for Communities and Local Government 2005-08 and as Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2008; Cabinet Member, Education and Training 2002-05; Councillor, Sheffield City Council Birley Ward 2000-05; Chair of Finance, Sheffield City Council Bromhill Ward 1996-2000. Special political interests: Education, transport. Profession/Trade: Lecturer in English. Education: Toll Bar Secondary, Waltham; University of Nottingham; Cambridge University, PhD studies. Affiliations: UNISON, GMB, National Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Wildlife Trust, Ramblers Association.
b.16 August 1961. Married with two stepchildren.