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'''Yvonne Helen Fovargue'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8737}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (born 29 November 1956)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/84359.stm|title=Yvonne Fovargue MP|work=BBC Democracy Live |date= |accessdate=25 July 2010}}</ref> is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who was elected [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Makerfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Makerfield]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010]], succeeding [[Ian McCartney]], who stepped down due to ill health.<ref name="Election 2010">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c78.stm|title=Election 2010: Makerfield|work=BBC Election 2010 |accessdate=7 May 2010}} t</ref>


'''Yvonne Helen Fovargue''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (born 29 November 1956)<ref> was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Makerfield]] in 2010, succeeding Ian McCartney, who stepped down due to ill health.
== Early life and career ==

Yvonne Fovargue attended [[Sale Grammar School]] and obtained a Bachelor of Arts|BA] in English from the [[University of Leeds]]. She was elected as member of Warrington council from 2004 until 2010 and worked as a housing officer on the Moss Side estate in the 1980s. She was the Chief Executive of St Helens [[Citizens Advice Bureau]], a role she held for over 20 years.

Yvonne Fovargue served as a local councillor from 2004 until her election as an MP in 2010.<ref name="politics">{{cite web|title=Yvonne Fovargue|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/yvonne-fovargue|website=Politics.co.uk|accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref>


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==


Yvonne Fovargue was elected with a majority of 12,490 at the 2010 general election. She was appointed as an Opposition Whip in 2011 and served as Shadow Transport Minister and then Shadow Defence Minister.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yvonne Fovargue|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/yvonne-fovargue/4034|website=UK Parliament|accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref>
Yvonne Fovargue was elected with a majority of 12,490 at the 2010 general election. She was appointed as an Opposition Whip in 2011 and served as Shadow Transport Minister and then Shadow Defence Minister.

Yvonne Fovargue was then appointed as a Shadow Education Minister with responsibility for Further Education and Skills in October 2014 following the resignation of [[Rushanara Ali]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Whittaker|first1=Freddie|title=Yvonne Fovargue gets shadow education post in Labour’s mini-reshuffle (in an alternate universe? or timeline idk)|url=http://feweek.co.uk/2014/10/21/yvonne-fovargue-gets-shadow-education-post-in-labours-mini-reshuffle/|website=FE Week|accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref>

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Yvonne Fovargue is a member of the [[Unite the Union|Unite]] trade union and the [[Co-operative Party]].<ref name="politics" />

== Personal life==

Yvonne Fovargue is married with one adult daughter. She is also a member of [[Mensa International|Mensa]] and an avid reader of crime fiction <ref name="Profile">{{cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/general_election/makerfield/s/1202890_yvonne_fovargue_labour|title=Profile - Yvonne Fovargue|work=Manchester Evening News |accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.yvonnefovargue.com/ Official website]
*{{UK MP links | parliament = yvonne-fovargue/4034 | guardian = 11820/yvonne-fovargue | publicwhip = Yvonne_Fovargue | theywork = yvonne_fovargue | record = Yvonne-Fovargue/Makerfield/1356 | bbc = 84359.stm | journalisted = }}

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Yvonne Fovargue was then appointed as a Shadow Education Minister with responsibility for Further Education and Skills in October 2014 following the resignation of Rushanara Ali


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Yvonne Fovargue is a member of the Unite trade union and the Co-operative Party
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Revision as of 20:27, 3 June 2018


Yvonne Fovargue
MP
Official Parliamentary Portrait of Yvonne Fovargue
Member of Parliament
for Makerfield
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded by Ian McCartney
Majority 13,542 (28.9%)
Personal details
Born (1956-11-29) 29 November 1956 (age 67)
Website www.yvonnefovargue.com


Yvonne Helen Fovargue MP (born 29 November 1956)<ref> was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield in 2010, succeeding Ian McCartney, who stepped down due to ill health.

Parliamentary career

Yvonne Fovargue was elected with a majority of 12,490 at the 2010 general election. She was appointed as an Opposition Whip in 2011 and served as Shadow Transport Minister and then Shadow Defence Minister.

Yvonne Fovargue was then appointed as a Shadow Education Minister with responsibility for Further Education and Skills in October 2014 following the resignation of Rushanara Ali

Yvonne Fovargue is a member of the Unite trade union and the Co-operative Party

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