Kennedy, Jane (1958–)

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Kennedy, Jane (1958–)

British politician and member of Parliament. Born Jane Hodgson, May 4, 1958; m. Malcolm Kennedy, 1977 (div. 1998).

Representing Labour, elected to House of Commons for Liverpool Wavertree (1992); served as Cabinet assistant government whip (1997–98), lord commissioner of the treasury (1998–99), and parliamentary secretary in the lord chancellor's department (1999–2001); named minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office with responsibility for Security, Policing, and Prisons (2001) and Education, Employment, and Learning (2002).

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