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| About Caroline |
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| Date of Birth: |
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| 4 May 1958 in East Anglia |
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| Education: |
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| Herts and Essex Grammar School for Girls |
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| Queen Mary College, University of London (BA First Class European Studies) |
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| Family Status: |
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| Married with 3 children |
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| Career: |
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| Sugar Beet Commodity Secretary, National Farmers Union 1981 - 1984 |
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| Deputy Director, International Confederation of European Beetgrowers, Paris, 1984-1989 |
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| Research Fellow, Centre for European Agricultural Studies, 1989-1993 |
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| Director, Spelman, Cormack and Associates, Food and Biotechnology Consultancy 1989- |
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| Parliamentary Career: |
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| Contested Bassetlaw in 1992 General Election |
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| Member for Meriden since 1 May 1997 |
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| Conservative Party Whip, June 1998 - June 1999 |
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| Conservative Party Spokesman on Health and Women's Issues, June 1999 - September 2001 |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and Shadow Minister for Women, September 2001-2003 |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment and Shadow Minister for Women 2003-2004 |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2004-2007 |
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| Chairman of the Conservative Party - 2007- |
