Angela Watkinson
Lord Commissioner (Whip)
Biography of Angela Watkinson
Angela Watkinson was made a Government Whip in the House of Lords in May 2010. She was elected MP for Hornchurch and Upminster in May 2010, and has been MP for Upminster since 2001.
Angela was a councillor for Havering London Borough Council from 1994-8, and on Essex County Council from 1997-2001.
Angela went to Wanstead County High School and got a Public Administration Higher National Certificate (HNC) from Anglia Higher Education College. She worked for the Bank of New South Wales (since 1982 the Westpac Banking Corporation) from 1958-64. Angela became a secretary of a Special School in Essex in 1976, helping physically handicapped children with riding lessons.
She is married to Roy, a retired Metropolitan Police officer, and they have a son and two daughters.
Previous roles
- Shadow Minister, Local Government Affairs & Communities
- Shadow Minister, Education
- Shadow Minister, Public Services, Health & Education
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Responsibilities
- Discipline of Lords
- Speak in the Chamber to support departmental minister
- Act as spokesperson on behalf of the Lords' minister
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