Margaret Beckett

**Margaret Mary Beckett, Baroness Beckett** <small>GBE</small> (née **Jackson**; born 15 January 1943) is a British Labour Party politician.

Beckett was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. She went to the Notre Dame High School for Girls in Norwich, then to the University of Manchester Institute of Science of Technology.

She was the Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1974 to 1979. She was the MP for Derby South from 1983 to 2024. She was Leader of the Opposition from May 1994 to July 1994.

## Other websites

- Parliament
- BBC

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office**: Minister of State for Housing and Planning
- **primeminister**: Gordon Brown
- **term start**: 3 October 2008
- **term end**: 5 June 2009
- **predecessor**: Caroline Flint
- **successor**: John Healey (politician), John Healey
- **office1**: Department for Education, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Science
- **primeminister1**: Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
- **term start1**: 12 March 1976
- **term end1**: 4 May 1979
- **predecessor1**: Joan Lestor
- **successor1**: Rhodes Boyson


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **subterm**: 1995–1997
- **suboffice**: Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Trade and Industry
- **subterm1**: 1994–1995
- **suboffice1**: Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Health
- **subterm2**: 1992–1994
- **suboffice2**: Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Commons Leader
- **subterm3**: 1989–1992
- **suboffice3**: Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chief Treasury Secretary


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: The Baroness Beckett
- **image**: Official portrait of Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP crop 2.jpg
- **office**: Foreign Secretary, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- **primeminister**: Tony Blair
- **term start**: 5 May 2006
- **term end**: 28 June 2007
- **predecessor**: Jack Straw
- **successor**: David Miliband
- **office1**: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- **primeminister1**: Tony Blair
- **term start1**: 8 June 2001
- **term end1**: 5 May 2006
- **predecessor1**: Nick Brown
John Prescott
- **successor1**: David Miliband
- **office2**: Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- **primeminister2**: Tony Blair
- **term start2**: 8 June 2001
- **term end2**: 27 March 2002
- **predecessor2**: Nick Brown
- **successor2**: _Herself_
- **office3**: Leader of the House of Commons
Lord President of the Council
- **primeminister3**: Tony Blair
- **term start3**: 27 July 1998
- **term end3**: 8 June 2001
- **predecessor3**: Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Ann Taylor
- **successor3**: Robin Cook
- **office4**: Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
President of the Board of Trade
- **primeminister4**: Tony Blair
- **term start4**: 2 May 1997
- **term end4**: 27 July 1998
- **predecessor4**: Ian Lang
- **successor4**: Peter Mandelson
- **office5**: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition
- **monarch5**: Elizabeth II
- **primeminister5**: John Major
- **term start5**: 12 May 1994
- **term end5**: 21 July 1994
- **predecessor5**: John Smith (Labour Party leader), John Smith
- **successor5**: Tony Blair
- **office6**: Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
- **leader6**: John Smith
- **term start6**: 18 July 1992
- **term end6**: 21 July 1994
- **predecessor6**: Roy Hattersley
- **successor6**: John Prescott
- **office8**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Derby South
- **term start8**: 9 June 1983
- **term end8**: 30 May 2024
- **predecessor8**: Walter Johnson (politician), Walter Johnson
- **successor8**: Baggy Shanker
- **office9**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency), Lincoln
- **term start9**: 10 October 1974
- **term end9**: 7 April 1979
- **predecessor9**: Dick Taverne
- **successor9**: Kenneth Carlisle
- **birth name**: Margaret Mary Jackson
- **birth place**: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
- **party**: Labour Party (UK), Labour
- **alma mater**: Manchester College of Science and Technology (BSc)
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2020