Eleanor Laing

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Eleanor Laing

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Constituency Epping Forest
Served 1997 — present
Majority 14,358 (32.0%)
Political Party Conservative
Portfolio Shadow minister for Women & Equality
Eleanor Fulton Laing (born 1 February 1958, Paisley as Eleanor Fulton Pritchard) is a British politician. She is Conservative Member of Parliament for Epping Forest, and was first elected in 1997. Currently she serves as Shadow Minister for Women.

**Eleanor Laing**
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Constituency	Epping Forest
Served	1997 — present
Majority	14,358 (32.0%)
Political Party	Conservative
Portfolio	Shadow minister for Women & Equality

Laing contested Paisley North in the 1987 general election. When Laing was first elected to the Epping Forest seat in 1997, the seat had been made a marginal by the Labour landslide. In 2001 the seat returned to safe status with a 19.8% majority. In 2005, she increased that majority to 32%. She has an interest in education, transport, economic policy, constitution and devolution.

Laing has one son, born in 2001. She was divorced in 2002.

Past and Present Positions

1999-2000 Opposition whip
2000-2001 Opposition spokesperson, constitutional affairs
2001-2003 Spokeswoman for education and skills
2003-2004 Opposition spokesman, home, constitutional and legal affairs
2005 Shadow secretary of state for Scotland
2004- Shadow minister for Women & Equality

External links

[Eleanor Laing MP] official site
[Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Eleanor Laing MP]
[TheyWorkForYou.com - Eleanor Laing MP]
[The Public Whip - Eleanor Laing MP] voting record
[BBC News - Eleanor Laing] profile 10 February, 2005

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