About Annette Brooke

Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole

Political Career:

• Elected to Poole Borough Council 1986 - 2003: Positions held include Deputy Leader, Chair of Planning, Chair of Education and Mayor of Poole

• Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole since June 2001

Recent Achievements as Member of Parliament:

• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Children, Young People and Families 2004 - 2010

• Member of Children, Schools and Families Committee

• Vice-President of Women Liberal Democrats for 2008

• Liberal Democrat representative on Standing Committees: Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill, Children and Adoption Bill, Childcare Bill, Children and Young Persons Bill, Apprenticeships, Schools, Children and Learning Bill, Autism Bill and Children, Schools and Families Bill

• Member of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS)

• Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) for Microfinance and Sure Start.

• Co-Chair of APPGs for Breast Cancer and Adoption and Fostering.

Professional Career:

• Lecturer and teacher (Economics and Social Sciences) for over 20 years - Open University, and various schools in local area. Most recently Head of Economics - Talbot Heath School

• Gave up teaching to concentrate on politics full time in 1995

• Joint owner of small family business - rocks, minerals and gemstones

Personal:

• Married with two adult daughters and a granddaughter

• BSc (Hons): Economics - London School of Economics

• Certificate in Education - Hughes Hall, Cambridge University