Jean Corston
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The Right Honourable Jean Ann Corston (born 5 May 1942) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.
Corston was Member of Parliament for Bristol East from 1992 to 2005. Until stepping down at the 2005 general election, she was chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, the first woman ever to hold that position.
On 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a life peer.
Her partner is Peter Townsend the social economist.
External link
- BBC: City MP to stand down at election (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/4196877.stm)