  angela evans smith, baroness smith of basildonhouse of lords business â 8 july 2010 uk parliament (born 7 january 1959) is a british labour co-operative politician who was the member of parliament (mp) for basildon from 1997 until she was defeated in 2010. she was a minister of state in the cabinet office, incorporating the offices of minister for the third sector and minister for social exclusion.angela evans smith is new third sector minister third sector, 8 june 2009 she was made a life peer in 2010. ==early life== smith attended pitsea junior school and chalvedon comprehensive (later called chalvedon school) on wickford avenue in basildon. at leicester polytechnic, she studied public administration, gaining a ba. in 1978, she married nigel smith, who has written a number of books for key stage 3 and key stage 4 history. from 1982â83, smith was a trainee accountant with the london borough of newham. she then worked f
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