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'''Celia Anne Barlow''' (born 28 September 1955) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who was the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Hove (UK Parliament constituency)|Hove]] from [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005]] to [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010]]. She also worked as home news editor at the [[BBC]].
'''Celia Anne Barlow''' (born 28 September 1955) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Hove (UK Parliament constituency)|Hove]] from [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]] to [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]. She also worked as home news editor at the [[BBC]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Barlow was born in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], and attended [[King Edward VI High School for Girls|King Edward High School for Girls]] in [[Birmingham]]. She completed an MA in Archaeology and Anthropology at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] then studying for a postgraduate diploma in journalism at [[Cardiff University]]. She began her career as a [[Journalist|reporter]] on the ''[[Bradford Telegraph and Argus]]'' in 1979. She was appointed assistant editor at [[Asia Television]] in [[Hong Kong]] in 1982. She returned to Britain in 1983 to become home news editor at the [[BBC]]. She left the BBC in 1995. She became a [[freelance]] [[video production|video producer]] in 1998 before [[lecturer|lecturing]] in video production at the [[Chichester College|Chichester College of Art and Design]] from 2000.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=irizTPHwEontOanKyfQJ&ct=result&id=XhMWAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22celia+barlow%22&q=%22celia+barlow%22#search_anchor Dod's parliamentary companion guide ... - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Barlow was born in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], and attended [[King Edward VI High School for Girls|King Edward High School for Girls]] in [[Birmingham]]. She read Archaeology and Anthropology at [[New Hall, Cambridge]], then studied for a postgraduate diploma in journalism at [[Cardiff University]].<ref>{{Who's Who | title = BARLOW, Celia Anne | id = U45712 | volume = 2024 | edition = online}}</ref> She began her career as a [[Journalist|reporter]] on the ''[[Bradford Telegraph and Argus]]'' in 1979. She was appointed assistant editor at [[Asia Television]] in [[Hong Kong]] in 1982. She returned to Britain in 1983 to become home news editor at the [[BBC]]. She left the BBC in 1995. She became a [[freelance]] [[video production|video producer]] in 1998 before [[lecturer|lecturing]] in video production at the [[Chichester College|Chichester College of Art and Design]] from 2000.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhMWAQAAIAAJ&q=%22celia+barlow%22|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion Guide to the General Election, 2005|date=21 May 2005|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Communications|isbn=9780905702575|accessdate=21 May 2021|via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==
She was elected secretary of the [[Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelsea]] [[Constituency Labour Party]] in 1993, and became the chair of the [[Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chichester]] Constituency Labour Party in 1998. In 2000, she was selected to contest the safe [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] seat of Chichester at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 General Election]] and finished third, behind the winner [[Andrew Tyrie]].
She was elected secretary of the [[Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelsea]] [[Constituency Labour Party]] in 1993, and became the chairman of the [[Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chichester]] Constituency Labour Party in 1998. In 2000, she was selected to contest the safe [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] seat of Chichester at the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 General Election]] and finished third, behind the winner [[Andrew Tyrie]].


In November 2004 [[Ivor Caplin]], the Labour MP for the very marginal [[Hove (UK Parliament constituency)|Hove]] constituency, announced his retirement at the next election<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3993287.stm BBC News - Caplin to stand down as Hove MP]</ref> and Celia Barlow was chosen to fight the seat through a controversial [[All-Women Shortlist]].<ref>http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-05057.pdf{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was widely assumed that she would be defeated by [[Nicholas Boles]], considered a rising star of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], but she was elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 General Election]] with a majority of just 420 votes. She became the first of the new MPs elected in 2005 to make their [[maiden speech]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050517/debtext/50517-11.htm#50517-11_spnew0 Hansard 17 May 2005 col 64]</ref>
In November 2004 [[Ivor Caplin]], the Labour MP for the very marginal [[Hove (UK Parliament constituency)|Hove]] constituency, announced his retirement at the next election<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3993287.stm|title=Caplin to stand down as Hove MP|date=8 November 2004|accessdate=21 May 2021|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and Celia Barlow was chosen to fight the seat through a controversial [[All-Women Shortlist]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=All-women shortlists|url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-05057.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618162209/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-05057.pdf|archive-date=June 18, 2009|access-date=May 29, 2021|website=www.parliament.uk}}</ref> It was widely assumed that she would be defeated by [[Nicholas Boles]], considered a rising star of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], but she was elected at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 General Election]] with a majority of just 420 votes. She became the first of the new MPs elected in 2005 to make their [[maiden speech]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050517/debtext/50517-11.htm#50517-11_spnew0|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 17 May 2005 (pt 11)|website=publications.parliament.uk|accessdate=21 May 2021}}</ref>


Barlow was a member of the [[Procedure Committee]] and previously served on the [[Environmental Audit Select Committee]].
Barlow was a member of the [[Procedure Committee]] and previously served on the [[Environmental Audit Select Committee]].


After May 2006 she served as the [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to [[Ian Pearson]], Economic Secretary in HM Treasury and [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary]] in the [[Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform]]. She is a member of parliamentary group EURIM.<ref>http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2010/page/43/?ad7dad40?c4086c50</ref>
After May 2006 she served as the [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to [[Ian Pearson]], Economic Secretary in HM Treasury and [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary]] in the [[Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform]]. She is a member of parliamentary group EURIM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2010/|title=2010 – Page 43|website=Brighton and Hove News|accessdate=21 May 2021}}</ref>


Barlow was defeated at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 General Election]] by Conservative candidate [[Mike Weatherley]].<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11392053/Why-Im-standing-down-from-Parliament-Mike-Weatherley-MP-for-Hove-and-Portslade.html</ref>
Barlow was defeated at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 General Election]] by Conservative candidate [[Mike Weatherley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11392053/Why-Im-standing-down-from-Parliament-Mike-Weatherley-MP-for-Hove-and-Portslade.html|title=Why I'm standing down from Parliament: Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove and Portslade|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=21 May 2021}}</ref>


==2009 Parliamentary Expenses Scandal==
==2009 Parliamentary expenses scandal==
She was one of many UK MPs to be implicated in the [[Disclosure of expenses of British Members of Parliament|2009 Expenses Scandal]], claiming more than £28,000 in expenses on her second home, then 'flipping' it and using it as her main residence. The expense claims included the cost of a whirlpool bath and a high lustre silver shower screen<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5398361/Celia-Barlow-claimed-28000-before-switching-home.html "Celia Barlow claimed £28,000 before switching home"], ''Daily Telegraph'', 29 May 2009</ref> Barlow later made political capital out of the fact she failed to claim for a second home in [[London]].<ref>[http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4401852.Celia_Barlow_used_MPs_expenses_to_spruce_up_Hove_home/ Celia Barlow used MPs expenses to spruce up Hove home (From The Argus)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
She was one of many UK MPs to be implicated in the [[Disclosure of expenses of British Members of Parliament|2009 Expenses Scandal]], claiming more than £28,000 in expenses on her second home, then 'flipping' it and using it as her main residence. The expense claims included the cost of a whirlpool bath and a high lustre silver shower screen<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5398361/Celia-Barlow-claimed-28000-before-switching-home.html "Celia Barlow claimed £28,000 before switching home"], ''Daily Telegraph'', 29 May 2009</ref> Barlow later made political capital out of the fact she failed to claim for a second home in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4401852.celia-barlow-used-mps-expenses-to-spruce-up-hove-home/|title=Celia Barlow used MPs expenses to spruce up Hove home|website=The Argus|date=28 May 2009 |accessdate=21 May 2021}}</ref>


She was also forced to repay £635 for a mortgage valuation on her main home; a breach of the expenses rules.<ref>[http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4890913.Hove_MP_asked_to_repay___17k_after_failing_to_respond_to_expenses_inquiry/?action=complain&cid=8283383 Former Hove MP asked to repay £17k after failing to respond to expenses inquiry (From The Argus)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She later offered to apologise for her expense claims.<ref>[http://www.theargus.co.uk/yourargus/letters/4416655.End_of_the_line_for_greedy_MPs/ End of the line for greedy MPs (From The Argus)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
She was also forced to repay £635 for a mortgage valuation on her main home; a breach of the expenses rules.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4890913.former-hove-mp-asked-to-repay-17k-after-failing-to-respond-to-expenses-inquiry/|title=Former Hove MP asked to repay £17k after failing to respond to expenses inquiry|website=The Argus|date=4 February 2010 |accessdate=21 May 2021}}</ref> She later offered to apologise for her expense claims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4416655.end-of-the-line-for-greedy-mps/|title=End of the line for greedy MPs|website=The Argus|date=3 June 2009 |accessdate=21 May 2021}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Barlow married the former [[BBC]] North America foreign correspondent and [[University of Hull]]-educated Sam Jaffa in August 1988 in [[Bromsgrove]]. Her husband stood for the [[Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Eastleigh]] seat in 2001 as a Labour candidate coming third.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/6357/sam-jaffa</ref> They have two sons and one daughter together.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/6/66470.stm BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | CANDIDATES<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> They divorced in 2011.<ref>[http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1332126.MPs_rake_in_thousands_as_directors_of_private_companies/ MPs rake in thousands as directors of private companies (From The Argus)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Barlow married the former [[BBC]] North America foreign correspondent and [[University of Hull]]-educated Sam Jaffa in August 1988 in [[Bromsgrove]]. Her husband stood for the [[Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Eastleigh]] seat in 2001 as a Labour candidate coming third.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Politics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/6357/sam-jaffa|access-date=2021-05-29|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> They have two sons and one daughter together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/6/66470.stm|title=BBC NEWS &#124; VOTE 2001 &#124; CANDIDATES|website=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=21 May 2021}}</ref> They divorced in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1332126.mps-rake-in-thousands-as-directors-of-private-companies/|title=MPs rake in thousands as directors of private companies|website=The Argus|date=16 April 2007 |accessdate=21 May 2021}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/celia_barlow/hove TheyWorkForYou.com - Celia Barlow MP]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Celia_Barlow&mpc=Hove The Public Whip - Celia Barlow MP - Voting record]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Celia_Barlow&mpc=Hove The Public Whip - Celia Barlow MP - Voting record]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/328.stm BBC Politics page]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/328.stm BBC Politics page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222081308/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/328.stm |date=22 December 2007 }}


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Celia Barlow
Member of Parliament
for Hove
In office
5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byIvor Caplin
Succeeded byMike Weatherley
Personal details
Born
Celia Anne Barlow

(1955-09-28) 28 September 1955 (age 69)
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Political partyLabour
SpouseSam Jaffa
Childrentwo sons, one daughter
Residence(s)Hove and London
Alma materCambridge University, Cardiff University
Professionjournalist

Celia Anne Barlow (born 28 September 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hove from 2005 to 2010. She also worked as home news editor at the BBC.

Early life

Barlow was born in Cardiff, Wales, and attended King Edward High School for Girls in Birmingham. She read Archaeology and Anthropology at New Hall, Cambridge, then studied for a postgraduate diploma in journalism at Cardiff University.[1] She began her career as a reporter on the Bradford Telegraph and Argus in 1979. She was appointed assistant editor at Asia Television in Hong Kong in 1982. She returned to Britain in 1983 to become home news editor at the BBC. She left the BBC in 1995. She became a freelance video producer in 1998 before lecturing in video production at the Chichester College of Art and Design from 2000.[2]

Parliamentary career

She was elected secretary of the Chelsea Constituency Labour Party in 1993, and became the chairman of the Chichester Constituency Labour Party in 1998. In 2000, she was selected to contest the safe Conservative seat of Chichester at the 2001 General Election and finished third, behind the winner Andrew Tyrie.

In November 2004 Ivor Caplin, the Labour MP for the very marginal Hove constituency, announced his retirement at the next election[3] and Celia Barlow was chosen to fight the seat through a controversial All-Women Shortlist.[4] It was widely assumed that she would be defeated by Nicholas Boles, considered a rising star of the Conservative Party, but she was elected at the 2005 General Election with a majority of just 420 votes. She became the first of the new MPs elected in 2005 to make their maiden speech in the House of Commons.[5]

Barlow was a member of the Procedure Committee and previously served on the Environmental Audit Select Committee.

After May 2006 she served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ian Pearson, Economic Secretary in HM Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. She is a member of parliamentary group EURIM.[6]

Barlow was defeated at the 2010 General Election by Conservative candidate Mike Weatherley.[7]

2009 Parliamentary expenses scandal

She was one of many UK MPs to be implicated in the 2009 Expenses Scandal, claiming more than £28,000 in expenses on her second home, then 'flipping' it and using it as her main residence. The expense claims included the cost of a whirlpool bath and a high lustre silver shower screen[8] Barlow later made political capital out of the fact she failed to claim for a second home in London.[9]

She was also forced to repay £635 for a mortgage valuation on her main home; a breach of the expenses rules.[10] She later offered to apologise for her expense claims.[11]

Personal life

Barlow married the former BBC North America foreign correspondent and University of Hull-educated Sam Jaffa in August 1988 in Bromsgrove. Her husband stood for the Eastleigh seat in 2001 as a Labour candidate coming third.[12] They have two sons and one daughter together.[13] They divorced in 2011.[14]

References

  1. ^ "BARLOW, Celia Anne". Who's Who. Vol. 2024 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion Guide to the General Election, 2005. Dod's Parliamentary Communications. 21 May 2005. ISBN 9780905702575. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Caplin to stand down as Hove MP". 8 November 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "All-women shortlists" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 17 May 2005 (pt 11)". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ "2010 – Page 43". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Why I'm standing down from Parliament: Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove and Portslade". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Celia Barlow claimed £28,000 before switching home", Daily Telegraph, 29 May 2009
  9. ^ "Celia Barlow used MPs expenses to spruce up Hove home". The Argus. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Former Hove MP asked to repay £17k after failing to respond to expenses inquiry". The Argus. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  11. ^ "End of the line for greedy MPs". The Argus. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  13. ^ "BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | CANDIDATES". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  14. ^ "MPs rake in thousands as directors of private companies". The Argus. 16 April 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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