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|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |
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|name = The Baroness Corston |
|name = The Baroness Corston |
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|honorific-suffix = [[Privy Council |
|honorific-suffix = [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] |
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|image = Official portrait of Baroness Corston 2020 crop 2.jpg |
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|office = [[Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party]] |
|office = [[Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party]] |
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|alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]], [[Open University]] |
|alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]], [[Open University]] |
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'''Jean Ann Corston, Baroness Corston''', [[Privy Council |
'''Jean Ann Corston, Baroness Corston''', [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (born 5 May 1942) is a British politician and [[life peer]] who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bristol East]] from [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]] to [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]], during which time she served as [[Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party]] from 2001 to 2005. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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'''Jean Ann Parkin''' went to Yeovil Girls' High School (now the [[Westfield Community School, Yeovil|Westfield Community School]]) on Stiby Road in [[Yeovil]] and the [[Somerset College of Arts and Technology]]. She worked at the [[Inland Revenue]]. At the [[London School of Economics]], she gained a [[Bachelor of Laws]] in 1989. From |
'''Jean Ann Parkin''' went to Yeovil Girls' High School (now the [[Westfield Community School, Yeovil|Westfield Community School]]) on Stiby Road in [[Yeovil]] and the [[Somerset College of Arts and Technology]]. She worked at the [[Inland Revenue]]. At the [[London School of Economics]], she gained a [[Bachelor of Laws]] in 1989. From 1989–90, she studied at the [[Inns of Court School of Law]]. She also studied with the [[Open University]]. She became a barrister. |
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==Parliamentary career== |
==Parliamentary career== |