About Caroline

Date of Birth:
4 May 1958 in East Anglia

Education:
Herts and Essex Grammar School for Girls
Queen Mary College, University of London (BA First Class European Studies)

Family Status:
Married with 3 children

Career:
Sugar Beet Commodity Secretary, National Farmers Union 1981 - 1984
Deputy Director, International Confederation of European Beetgrowers, Paris, 1984-1989
Research Fellow, Centre for European Agricultural Studies, 1989-1993
Director, Spelman, Cormack and Associates, Food and Biotechnology
Consultancy 1989-2009

Parliamentary Career:
Contested Bassetlaw in 1992 General Election
Member for Meriden since 1 May 1997
Conservative Party Whip, June 1998 - June 1999
Conservative Party Spokesman on Health and Women's Issues, June 1999 - September 2001
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and Shadow Minister for Women, September 2001-2003
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment and Shadow Minister for Women 2003-2004
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2004-2007
Chairman of the Conservative Party - 2007-2009

Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2009-2010

Secretary of State for Enviornment, Food and Rural Affairs - 2010 -

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