Barbara Keeley

The Baroness Keeley
Official portrait, 2020
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office
9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byChris Bryant
Succeeded byDavid Heath
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Cabinet
2016–2020Mental Health and Social Care
Shadow Frontbench
2023–2024Music and Tourism
2022–2023Arts and Civil Society
2015–2016Older People, Social Care and Carers
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
13 August 2024
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Worsley and Eccles South
Worsley (2005–2010)
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byTerry Lewis
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Trafford Council
for Priory
In office
4 May 1995 – 10 June 2004
Preceded byEdna Mitchell
Personal details
Born
Barbara Mary Keeley

(1952-03-26) 26 March 1952 (age 72)
Political partyLabour
SpouseColin Huggett
Alma materUniversity of Salford (BA)
Websitewww.barbarakeeley.co.uk

Barbara Mary Keeley, Baroness Keeley[1] (born 26 March 1952), is a British Labour Party politician. She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Worsley and Eccles South, previously Worsley, from 2005 to 2024, and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2024.

A member of the Labour Party, she served as Shadow Minister for Music and Tourism from 2023 to 2024. She previously served as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2010 and served in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care from 2016 to 2020.

  1. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8737.

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