Constituency : Mid-Dorset and North Poole 2001-15
Annette took Mid-Dorset and North Poole from the Tories by 384 votes.
Annette was educated at Romford County Technical School and the London School of Economics. She became a teacher and a tutor for the Open University. She became a councillor in Poole in 1986 and was deputy leader for two spells in the nineties. She was Mayor of Poole in 1998. She is also a partner in the family firm selling rocks and minerals
Annette became a whip and spokesman on home affairs. In 2004, she switched to children. In 2005, she achieved a large increase in her majority. She became a spokesman on children, schools and families.
Annette clung on by 269 votes in 2010.
In 2012, Annette broke her hip in a fall outside the Commons.
Annette received an OBE in 2013. She announced her decision to step down at the next election that year. She is currently the longest serving female MP in the party's history.
Annette became a Dame in 2015.
She is now 71.
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