Melanie Johnson

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Melanie Jane Johnson (born 5 February 1955) was a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Labour member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield from 1997 until she was defeated at the 2005 election.

Johnson was a junior minister in the Department for Health holding the post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health. Her responsibilities included policy on smoking, obesity, drugs, alcohol, diet and nutrition, communicable diseases, sexual health, sustainable development and health inequalities.

However, a perceived lax approach towards her constituency affairs in Welwyn Hatfield is said to have contributed to her defeat to Conservative candidate Grant Shapps in the 2005 general election.

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