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Hazel Blears
British politician (born 1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hazel Anne Blears (born May 14, 1956) is an English politician. She was the Member of Parliament for the Salford and Eccles constituency from 1997 to 2015. She was first elected in the 1997 general election as member for the Salford constituency.
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She held several government posts under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, including Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, up until the 2010 general election
She is a member of the Labour Party.
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