website predecessor successor religion birth_place leader party office primeminister birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
-lsb- http://www.hazelblears.co.uk official website -rsb- ruth kelly ian mccartney ian mccartney stanley orme john harman rebecca long-bailey denham the baroness warsi -lrb- 2010 -rrb- harriet roman catholicism salford , england tony blair labour secretary without portfolio labour party chair member of parliament for salford of and eccles salford -lrb- 1997 -- 2010 -rrb- state for communities and local government minister gordon brown tony blair 14 may 1956 27 1 may 1997 june 2007 5 may 2006 5 may 2006 michael halsall hazel blears , june 2009 2 cropped.jpg hazel blears
 5 7 may 2015 june 2009 27 june 2007 24 june 2007 hazel blears nottingham trent university university of law
hazel blears

hazel anne blears -lrb- born 14 may 1956 -rrb- is a british labour party politician , who was the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for salford and eccles from 2010 to 2015 , when she stood down , and was previously the mp for salford since 1997 .
she served in the cabinet as minister without portfolio and labour chair between 2006 and 2007 , and secretary of state for communities and local government from 2007 to 2009 , when she resigned .
commenting on the announcement , prime minister gordon brown said that blears had made an `` outstanding contribution '' to public life even after refusing to pay back expenses which were claimed in breach of parliamentary rules .
