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'''Dame Angela Eileen Watkinson''', [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire|DBE]] ({{nee}} '''Ellicott'''; born 18 November 1941) is a British politician. She was [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[ | '''Dame Angela Eileen Watkinson''', [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire|DBE]] ({{nee}} '''Ellicott'''; born 18 November 1941) is a British politician. She was [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Hornchurch and Upminster]] until 2017, and was first elected in 2001 to the earlier seat of [[Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Upminster]], defeating [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[Keith Darvill]] who had taken the seat from the Conservatives in 1997. She was re-elected with increased majorities in 2005 and 2010. | ||
On 19 April 2017, Watkinson announced that she would not be standing for re-election at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]].<ref name="RR190417">{{cite news|url=http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/election-2017-hornchurch-and-upminster-mp-dame-angela-watkinson-to-step-down-1-4981103|title=Election 2017: Hornchurch and Upminster MP Dame Angela Watkinson to step down|work=Romford Recorder|date=19 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001155326/https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/election-2017-hornchurch-and-upminster-mp-dame-angela-watkinson-to-step-down-1-4981103|url-status=dead}}</ref> | On 19 April 2017, Watkinson announced that she would not be standing for re-election at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]].<ref name="RR190417">{{cite news|url=http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/election-2017-hornchurch-and-upminster-mp-dame-angela-watkinson-to-step-down-1-4981103|title=Election 2017: Hornchurch and Upminster MP Dame Angela Watkinson to step down|work=Romford Recorder|date=19 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001155326/https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/election-2017-hornchurch-and-upminster-mp-dame-angela-watkinson-to-step-down-1-4981103|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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Born in [[Leytonstone]], [[Essex]], she attended Wanstead County High School (a [[ | Born in [[Leytonstone]], [[Essex]], she attended Wanstead County High School (a [[grammar school]], now [[Wanstead High School]]) on Redbridge Lane West in [[Wanstead]]. In 1989, she gained a Public Administration [[Higher National Certificate]] from [[Anglia Ruskin University|Anglia Higher Education College]]. She worked for the [[Bank of New South Wales]] from 1958 to 1964 and became a secretary in 1976 of a Special School in Essex, which helps physically handicapped children with [[Equestrianism|riding]] lessons. | ||
In 1988, she became a clerk to a school governing body, then committee clerk to [[Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council]] from 1988 to 1989. From 1989 to 1994, she was a committee manager for [[Basildon District Council]]. She was a councillor for [[Havering London Borough Council]] from 1994 to 1998, and on Essex County Council (for the division of [[Billericay]] North, from [[1997 Essex County Council election|1997]]–[[2001 Essex County Council election|2001]]. This was a rare example of a councillor serving simultaneously on first tier authorities in different counties. | In 1988, she became a clerk to a school governing body, then committee clerk to [[Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council]] from 1988 to 1989. From 1989 to 1994, she was a committee manager for [[Basildon District Council]]. She was a councillor for [[Havering London Borough Council]] from 1994 to 1998, and on Essex County Council (for the division of [[Billericay]] North, from [[1997 Essex County Council election|1997]]–[[2001 Essex County Council election|2001]]. This was a rare example of a councillor serving simultaneously on first tier authorities in different counties. | ||
==Parliamentary career== | ==Parliamentary career== | ||
Watkinson was a member of the right-wing [[ | Watkinson was a member of the right-wing Conservative [[Monday Club]], but resigned her membership in October 2001 when the newly elected Conservative leader [[Iain Duncan Smith]] suspended his party's links with the group. He declared that the club's views on race and immigration were incompatible with his plans to reform the party, and Watkinson was one of three Conservative MPs forced to leave the group.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/oct/08/uk.conservatives2001|title=Duncan Smith orders three MPs to quit Monday Club|access-date=16 October 2007|last=White|first=Michael|date=8 October 2001|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/08/ntory208.xml|title=Leader orders three to leave Monday Club|accessdate=16 October 2007|last=Brogan|first=Benedict|date=7 October 2001|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> An opponent of abortion, she introduced a [[Private Member's Bill]] on 14 June 2006, which would have forced doctors offering [[abortion]], or contraception advice to under-16s, to inform the child's parents. MPs voted by 159 to 87 to reject the bill. | ||
At a press conference on 13 March 2007, Watkinson stated that "the whole premise of sex education was wrong".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6444725.stm |title=Teen abortion 'right to know' bid|publisher=BBC News|date=14 March 2007|accessdate=18 November 2007}}</ref> Watkinson is among a dozen or so MPs who hold the most firm record on sexual identity politics, disapproving of every piece of legislation supportive of [[homosexuality]] that has passed through the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpid=40320&dmp=826|title=Angela Watkinson profile at|publisher=[[Public Whip]]}}</ref> An exception was her vote in support of the second reading of the [[ | At a press conference on 13 March 2007, Watkinson stated that "the whole premise of sex education was wrong".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6444725.stm |title=Teen abortion 'right to know' bid|publisher=BBC News|date=14 March 2007|accessdate=18 November 2007}}</ref> Watkinson is among a dozen or so MPs who hold the most firm record on sexual identity politics, disapproving of every piece of legislation supportive of [[homosexuality]] that has passed through the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpid=40320&dmp=826|title=Angela Watkinson profile at|publisher=[[Public Whip]]}}</ref> An exception was her vote in support of the second reading of the [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]] on 5 February 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21346694|title=Gay marriage: MPs back legislation|publisher=BBC News|date=5 February 2013|accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref> | ||
She was appointed [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2013 New Year Honours]] for public and political service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60367|date=29 December 2012|page=7 |supp=y}}</ref> | She was appointed [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2013 New Year Honours]] for public and political service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60367|date=29 December 2012|page=7 |supp=y}}</ref> | ||
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Watkinson has expressed opposition to the introduction of non-branded packaging for cigarettes; in a debate on this in 2014, Labour MP [[Diana Johnson]] pointed out that Watkinson had accepted hospitality and two tickets to the [[Chelsea Flower Show]], worth £1,260, from [[Japan Tobacco]], makers of [[Benson & Hedges]] cigarettes.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26865693 Government to move ahead with standardised cigarette packets], [[BBC News]], 3 April 2014</ref> She is a supporter of Israel and often spoke about that in the House of Commons. | Watkinson has expressed opposition to the introduction of non-branded packaging for cigarettes; in a debate on this in 2014, Labour MP [[Diana Johnson]] pointed out that Watkinson had accepted hospitality and two tickets to the [[Chelsea Flower Show]], worth £1,260, from [[Japan Tobacco]], makers of [[Benson & Hedges]] cigarettes.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26865693 Government to move ahead with standardised cigarette packets], [[BBC News]], 3 April 2014</ref> She is a supporter of Israel and often spoke about that in the House of Commons. | ||
In spite of her background as a right-wing "lifelong Eurosceptic", she supported the Remain campaign in 2016 and opposed [[Brexit]] prior to the [[ | In spite of her background as a right-wing "lifelong Eurosceptic", she supported the Remain campaign in 2016 and opposed [[Brexit]] prior to the [[2016 European Union membership referendum]].<ref name="thespectatorwhichtorympsbackbrexit">{{cite news|last1=Goodenough|first1=Tom|title=Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|accessdate=11 October 2016|work=The Spectator|date=16 February 2016|archive-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022111657/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
On 19 April 2017, Watkinson announced that she would not be standing for re-election at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]].<ref name="RR190417"/> | On 19 April 2017, Watkinson announced that she would not be standing for re-election at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]].<ref name="RR190417"/> | ||
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050926201533/http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4566 Angela Watkinson MP] biography at the site of the Conservative Party | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050926201533/http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4566 Angela Watkinson MP] biography at the site of the Conservative Party | ||
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040528074653/http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Angela+Watkinson ePolitix.com – Angela Watkinson]}} | * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040528074653/http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Angela+Watkinson ePolitix.com – Angela Watkinson]}} | ||
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6154,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Angela Watkinson MP] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20011109172209/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6154,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Angela Watkinson MP] | ||
* [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/angela_watkinson/upminster TheyWorkForYou.com – Angela Watkinson MP] | * [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/angela_watkinson/upminster TheyWorkForYou.com – Angela Watkinson MP] | ||
* [http://publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Angela_Watkinson&mpc=Upminster The Public Whip – Angela Watkinson MP] voting record | * [http://publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Angela_Watkinson&mpc=Upminster The Public Whip – Angela Watkinson MP] voting record | ||
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Dame Angela Eileen Watkinson, DBE (Template:Nee Ellicott; born 18 November 1941) is a British politician. She was Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch and Upminster until 2017, and was first elected in 2001 to the earlier seat of Upminster, defeating Labour's Keith Darvill who had taken the seat from the Conservatives in 1997. She was re-elected with increased majorities in 2005 and 2010.
On 19 April 2017, Watkinson announced that she would not be standing for re-election at the 2017 general election.[1]
Early life
Template:BLP unreferenced section Born in Leytonstone, Essex, she attended Wanstead County High School (a grammar school, now Wanstead High School) on Redbridge Lane West in Wanstead. In 1989, she gained a Public Administration Higher National Certificate from Anglia Higher Education College. She worked for the Bank of New South Wales from 1958 to 1964 and became a secretary in 1976 of a Special School in Essex, which helps physically handicapped children with riding lessons.
In 1988, she became a clerk to a school governing body, then committee clerk to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council from 1988 to 1989. From 1989 to 1994, she was a committee manager for Basildon District Council. She was a councillor for Havering London Borough Council from 1994 to 1998, and on Essex County Council (for the division of Billericay North, from 1997–2001. This was a rare example of a councillor serving simultaneously on first tier authorities in different counties.
Parliamentary career
Watkinson was a member of the right-wing Conservative Monday Club, but resigned her membership in October 2001 when the newly elected Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith suspended his party's links with the group. He declared that the club's views on race and immigration were incompatible with his plans to reform the party, and Watkinson was one of three Conservative MPs forced to leave the group.[2][3] An opponent of abortion, she introduced a Private Member's Bill on 14 June 2006, which would have forced doctors offering abortion, or contraception advice to under-16s, to inform the child's parents. MPs voted by 159 to 87 to reject the bill.
At a press conference on 13 March 2007, Watkinson stated that "the whole premise of sex education was wrong".[4] Watkinson is among a dozen or so MPs who hold the most firm record on sexual identity politics, disapproving of every piece of legislation supportive of homosexuality that has passed through the House of Commons.[5] An exception was her vote in support of the second reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on 5 February 2013.[6]
She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for public and political service.[7]
Watkinson has expressed opposition to the introduction of non-branded packaging for cigarettes; in a debate on this in 2014, Labour MP Diana Johnson pointed out that Watkinson had accepted hospitality and two tickets to the Chelsea Flower Show, worth £1,260, from Japan Tobacco, makers of Benson & Hedges cigarettes.[8] She is a supporter of Israel and often spoke about that in the House of Commons.
In spite of her background as a right-wing "lifelong Eurosceptic", she supported the Remain campaign in 2016 and opposed Brexit prior to the 2016 European Union membership referendum.[9]
On 19 April 2017, Watkinson announced that she would not be standing for re-election at the 2017 general election.[1]
Personal life
She lives in Essex and Westminster, and is a member and elder of the United Reformed Church. She is a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. She married Roy Watkinson, now a retired Metropolitan Police officer, in 1961 in Essex; the couple have a son and two daughters.
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External links
- Angela Watkinson MP official site
- Angela Watkinson MP biography at the site of the Conservative Party
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- Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Angela Watkinson MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com – Angela Watkinson MP
- The Public Whip – Angela Watkinson MP voting record
- BBC News – Angela Watkinson Template:Webarchive profile 30 March 2006
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