Background
Her father was the British diplomat Sir Curtis Keeble, a former ambassador to East Germany and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Sally Keeble
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Education
Keeble went to the independent Cheltenham Ladies" College, and later attended Street Hugh"s College, Oxford, gaining a Bachelor degree in Theology in 1973, and a Bachelor in Sociology from the University of South Africa in 1981.
Career
She had previously been Leader of Southwark Council from 1990 to 1993. Before entering Parliament she was a journalist in South Africa for the Daily News in Durban from 1973-1979 and then in Birmingham on the Birmingham Post from 1978-1983. She then worked for the Labour Party as a Press Officer at Labour Headquarters from 1983-1984, then the Inner London Education Authority where she was Assistant Director for External Relations from 1984-1986, and was Head of Communications for the General and Municipal Boilermakers Union trade union from 1986-1990 before becoming a full-time council leader in inner London.
She was a public affairs consultant from 1995-1997.
In 1995 Keeble was selected to stand for election for Labour in Northampton North through an all-women shortlist. Keeble served on the Agriculture Select Committee, and became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Honorary Hilary Armstrong in 1999.
After the 2001 General Election she was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions, where her responsibilities included planning, regeneration, housing and local transport. She chaired the taskforce on parks and urban green spaces.
In 2002 she moved to the Department for International Development.
In 2003 she left the frontbench. Keeble introduced a private members bill to introduce the offence of causing death by careless driving: the measure was later accepted by the Government and introduced in the Road Safety Acting 2006. She also introduced ten-minute rule bills on flooding, and a bill on minimum pricing for alcohol.
At the 2010 general election, Keeble lost her seat as Member of Parliament for Northampton North by 1,937 votes to the Conservative Party candidate Michael Ellis, representing a swing of 6.9%.
Keeble was selected by the Northampton North Constituency Labour Party to fight the seat at the next general election in May 2015. She was once again unsuccessful at the United Kingdom general election, 2015, losing again to Conservative Michael Ellis by 3,245 votes.
Death by careless driving in January 2006.
Membership
52nd United Kingdom Parliament. 53rd United Kingdom Parliament. 54th United Kingdom Parliament]
She was the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Northampton North from 1997 to 2010.
Since 2005 she has been a member of the Treasury Select Committee.
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