About Barbara Follett (politician)
Daphne Barbara Follett (née Hubbard; born 25 December 1942) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stevenage from 1997 to 2010. During this time she held several parliamentary and ministerial positions. In the decade before entering Parliament she played a major part in transforming of the Labour Party, both by making members more aware of their visual impact on voters and also by co-founding and running two organisations, Labour Women's Network and Emily's List UK, which spearheaded reforms that helped Labour to return a record 101 women to Parliament in 1997. Following the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, she repaid more than £42,000 that she had claimed in expenses; hers was the largest repayment made by any MP. She stood down from Parliament in 2010 in order to take over running the business of her husband, author Ken Follett. Follett was born Daphne Barbara Hubbard in Kingston, Jamaica, where her father (originally from Manchester, UK) was an insurance executive.
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