Gillian Merron

Gillian Joanna Merron was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1997 to 2010, when she lost her seat. From 2009 to 2010 she was Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health at the Department of Health.

Merron was born in Ilford, Essex to a Jewish family, and was educated at Wanstead High School in Wanstead in east London. She went on to attend Lancaster University Management School, gaining a BSc in Management Sciences. She worked as a local government officer, and a UNISON and NUPE union official.

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