Jump to content

Jacqui Smith

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Baroness Smith of Malvern

Official portrait, 2025
Minister of State for Skills
Assumed office
6 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Andy Burnham
Preceded byLuke Hall
Minister of State for Women and Equalities
In office
4 March 2025 – 21 July 2026
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byAnneliese Dodds
Succeeded byRay Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury
Home Secretary
In office
28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byJohn Reid
Succeeded byAlan Johnson
Chief Whip
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office
5 May 2006 – 28 June 2007
Preceded byHilary Armstrong
Succeeded byGeoff Hoon
Junior ministerial offices
1999‍–‍2006
Minister of State for Schools and Learners
In office
6 May 2005 – 5 May 2006
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byStephen Twigg
Succeeded byJim Knight
Minister of State for Industry and the Regions
In office
13 June 2003 – 6 May 2005
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byBrian Wilson
Succeeded byAlun Michael
Deputy Minister for Women
In office
13 June 2003 – 6 May 2005
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byBarbara Roche
Succeeded byMeg Munn
Minister of State for Health Services
In office
11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byJohn Denham
Succeeded byRosie Winterton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment
In office
29 July 1999 – 10 June 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byCharles Clarke
Succeeded byJohn Healey
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
18 July 2024
Member of Parliament
for Redditch
In office
1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKaren Lumley
Personal details
Born
Jacqueline Jill Smith

(1962-11-03) 3 November 1962 (age 63)
Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
Richard Timney
​
​
(m. 1987; sep. 2019)​
Children2
EducationHertford College, Oxford (BA)
Worcester College of Higher Education (PGCE)

Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith (born 3 November 1962) is an English politician who has been the Minister of State for Skills since 2024. She was the first female Home Secretary of the United Kingdom. She was born in Malvern, Worcestershire. She was the Member of Parliament for the Redditch constituency. She was first elected in the 1997 general election. She lost her seat at the 2010 General Election.[1]

She is a member of the Labour Party.

Personal life

[change | change source]

Smith married Richard Timney (born 1963 in Ealing, London) in October 1987 in Malvern, Worcestershire. They have two sons.

In December 2008, it was discovered that Timney wrote a series of letters praising the work of Smith. These letters were sent to newspapers. He did not say that he was her husband and managing her constituency office.[2]

In June 2008 the Independent newspaper reported that she was a season-ticket holder at Aston Villa Football Club.[3]

References

[change | change source]
  1. ↑ "Former home secretary Jacqui Smith loses seat to Tories". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Walters, Simon (21 December 2008). "Dear Mr Editor, That Jacqui Smith is doing a fabulous job, her HUSBAND writes to newspaper". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "profile in The Independent, 7 June 2008". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.