Louise Ellman
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Louise Ellman MP |
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| Chair of the Transport Select Committee | |
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Assumed office 21 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Gwyneth Dunwoody |
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Member of Parliament for Liverpool Riverside |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Parry |
| Majority | 24,463 (55.3%) |
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14 November 1945 Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Geoffrey Ellman |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
| Religion | Judaism |
Louise Joyce Ellman (born 14 November 1945) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Riverside since 1997. In Parliament, she is Chair of the Transport Select Committee and a member of the Liaison Committee.
Ellman was born in Manchester to a British Jewish family. She was educated at the independent Manchester High School for Girls, before studying at the University of Hull where she received a BA in Sociology and History in 1967, and then studied Social Administration at the University of York where she was awarded a MPhil in 1972. From 1970, she worked as a lecturer for the Open University in further education, leaving in 1976. She was elected as a councillor on the Lancashire County Council in 1970, becoming the Labour group leader in 1977, and she led the council from 1981 until her election to Parliament. She was Vice-Chair of Lancashire Enterprises.
She unsuccessfully contested the Darwen constituency at the 1979 general election where she was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Charles Fletcher-Cooke by 13,026 votes.
She was elected to Parliament at the 1997 general election for the safe seat of Liverpool Riverside. She held the seat with a majority of 21,799 and has held the seat comfortably at successive general elections. She made her maiden speech on 9 June 1997. When sh was re-elected in 2001, the turnout of the vote in her constituency was the lowest in the country at just 34.1%.
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