Angela Theodora Billingham, Baroness Billingham JP is a British Labour politician. Born Angela Theodora Case in Liverpool, she was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School, the Institute of Education and the Department of Education, Oxford University. She became a teacher, working in education for thirty five years until 1995. Baroness Billingham was a councillor for many years. From 1970 until 1974, she served on Banbury Borough Council, then from 1974 to 1984 on Cherwell District Council.

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  • Angela Theodora Billingham, Baroness Billingham JP is a British Labour politician. Born Angela Theodora Case in Liverpool, she was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School, the Institute of Education and the Department of Education, Oxford University. She became a teacher, working in education for thirty five years until 1995. Baroness Billingham was a councillor for many years. From 1970 until 1974, she served on Banbury Borough Council, then from 1974 to 1984 on Cherwell District Council. She was Mayor of Banbury in 1976. She was an Oxfordshire county councillor 1993-4. She stood for Parliament in 1992 for Banbury, without success. Billingham was elected to the European Parliament for Northamptonshire and Blaby in 1994. In 1999 she unsuccessfully stood for the European Parliament in the new East Midlands Region. She was made a life peer as Baroness Billingham, of Banbury in the County of Oxfordshire on 2 May, 2000 and sits on the Labour benches. She has promoted sports for people with disabilities and is a regular on Sky News where she previews the following morning's newspapers. Angela also campaigns for reform of the current Daylight Saving system, arguing that lighter evenings could end the national scourge of childhood obesity by allowing children to do an extra hour of physical activity a day. She also cites economic, environmental and safety concerns as important reasons for reform of the current system. She is also a keen tennis player, and is Chair/ Captain of the Commons and Lords Tennis Club. She married Peter Billingham in 1962 and they had two daughters, Zoë and Caroline. Peter died in 1992. Zoë is married to Dennis Skinner, son of Dennis Skinner.
  • Angela Theodora Billingham, Baroness Billingham, JP ist eine britische Politikerin.
  • Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham (n. 31 iulie 1939) este un om politic britanic, membru al Parlamentului European în perioada 1994-1999 din partea Regatului Unit.
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  • Angela Theodora Billingham, Baroness Billingham JP is a British Labour politician. Born Angela Theodora Case in Liverpool, she was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School, the Institute of Education and the Department of Education, Oxford University. She became a teacher, working in education for thirty five years until 1995. Baroness Billingham was a councillor for many years. From 1970 until 1974, she served on Banbury Borough Council, then from 1974 to 1984 on Cherwell District Council.
  • Angela Theodora Billingham, Baroness Billingham, JP ist eine britische Politikerin.
  • Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham (n. 31 iulie 1939) este un om politic britanic, membru al Parlamentului European în perioada 1994-1999 din partea Regatului Unit.
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  • Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham
  • Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham
  • Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham
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