THORNBERRY, Emily

Member for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. Committees: Member, Communities and Local Government Select Committee 2006-09; Member, Environmental Audit Select Committee 2005-07; Member, Joint Committee on the Draft Legal Services Bill 2006; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Maternity; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Choice and Sexual Health Group; Member, DCLG Select Committee; Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group (APPCG). Political career: Shadow Minister for Health since 2010; Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change 2010; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Joan Ruddock as Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change 2009-10. Special political interests: Environment, inequality, housing. Profession/Trade: Criminal Defence and human rights lawyer. Title/Honours/Decorations: Environmental ePolitix Charity Champion of the Year 2006. Education: University of Canterbury. Affiliations: TGWU, The Fabian Society, Society of Labour Lawyers, Friends of the Earth. b. 7 July 1960. Married with three children.