Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People
In office 29 July 1998 – 11 June 2001
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Paul Boateng
Succeeded by
Maria Eagle
Member of Parliament for Barking
In office 9 June 1994 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by
Jo Richardson
Succeeded by
TBC
Personal details
Born
Margaret Eve Oppenheimer
(1944-09-08) 8 September 1944 (age 79) Cairo, Egypt
Political party
Labour
Spouses
Andrew Watson
(m. 1968; div. 1978)
Henry Hodge
(m. 1978; died 2009)
Children
4
Education
London School of Economics (BA) Bedford College, London
Website
Official website
Dame Margaret Eve Hodge, DBE (née Oppenheimer, formerly Watson; born 8 September 1944) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking from 1994 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992. She has held a number of ministerial roles and served as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015.[1]
Hodge is the daughter of the co-founder of steel firm Stemcor and remains a major shareholder. She was a councillor on Islington Council from 1973 to 1994, was chair of the Housing Committee, and then Council Leader from 1982 to 1992. Hodge later apologised for failing to ensure that allegations of serious child abuse in council-run homes were sufficiently investigated and for libelling a complainant.
Hodge was elected to parliament in a 1994 by-election. She was appointed Junior Minister for Disabled People in 1998 and promoted to Minister for Universities in 2001, subsequently becoming the first Children's Minister in 2003, joining the Privy Council.[2] In 2005, Hodge became Minister of State for Work. Hodge served as Minister of State for Culture and Tourism from 2007 to 2008 and 2009 until Labour was defeated at the 2010 general election.[3] She has remained in the House of Commons as a backbencher since then.
^Curtis, Polly (10 June 2015), "Margaret Hodge named head of public accounts committee", The Guardian. Archived 5 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
^Privy Council appointments, Prime Minister's Office, 22 June 2003
^"List of Her Majesty's Government". Prime Minister's Office. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
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