Background
Her father was Finance Controller of GKN.
Her father was Finance Controller of GKN.
Street Hugh"s College; University of Bath.
At (then all female) Street Hugh"s College, Oxford, she gained a Bachelor in Geography in 1973. At the School of Education at the University of Bath, she gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 1974. From Bristol Polytechnic in 1981, she gained a Diploma in Special Education.
From 1974-1977, she was an assistant special needs teacher.
She was deputy head of Street Germans primary school near Saltash, Cornwall from 1977-1979. From 1979-1982, she was Head of a Special Needs Unit in Somerset.
She worked on supply in special schools in Somerset from 1982-1988. She was an assistant English teacher in Somerset from 1988-1992.
She worked as a political researcher for Oxfordshire County Council from 1992-1995.
Organ contested West Gloucestershire in 1992, but was not successful. In 1995 she was again selected to stand for Labour, this time through an all-women shortlist. She was Labour Party Member of Parliament for the re-created seat of Forest of Dean from the 1997 election until she stepped down at the 2005 election, citing changing family circumstances.
In February 2010, it was revealed that Organ is required to repay £15,964.01 in respect of wrongly claimed expenses relating to mortgage interest payments.
However she has refused to repay the money so far.
52nd United Kingdom Parliament. 53rd United Kingdom Parliament.