predecessor successor birth_name birth_place nationality party office primeminister birth_date term_start majority spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
mike o'brien john silkin charles hendry vicky foxcroft joan mary anthony pontypool , monmouthshire , wales british labour minister lewisham deptford of state for energy member of parliament for gordon brown 28 december 1943 8 june 2009 11 june 1987 12,499 -lrb- 30.3 % -rrb- frank doran joan ruddock.jpg joan ruddock
 11 may 2010 30 march 2015 dame joan ruddock imperial college london
joan ruddock

dame joan mary ruddock , dbe -lrb- née anthony ; born 28 december 1943 , pontypool , torfaen -rrb- is a british labour party politician who served as the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for lewisham deptford from 1987 to 2015 .
ruddock was minister of state for energy at the department of energy and climate change until 11 may 2010 .
she stood down at the 2015 general election .
