Sally Keeble
Sally Keeble | |
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West Northamptonshire Council portrait, 2025 | |
| Leader of West Northamptonshire Labour group | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2025 | |
| Deputy | Bob Purser |
| West Northamptonshire Councillor for Dallington Spencer | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2025 Serving with Rufia Ashraf (Lab) and John East (Ref) | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | |
| In office 29 May 2002 – 13 June 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Hilary Benn |
| Succeeded by | Gareth Thomas |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 7 June 2001 – 29 May 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Tony McNulty |
| Member of Parliament for Northampton North | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Marlow |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ellis |
| Leader of Southwark London Borough Council | |
| In office 1990–1993 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 October 1951 Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Andrew Hilary Porter |
| Relations | Curtis Keeble (father) |
| Education | Cheltenham Ladies' College |
| Alma mater | St Hugh's College, Oxford |
Sally Curtis Keeble (born 13 October 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who is the Leader of the Labour group on West Northamptonshire Council. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton North from the 1997 to 2010 general elections, when she lost her seat to the Conservative Party candidate Michael Ellis. She had previously been Leader of Southwark Council from 1990 to 1993. Keeble stood as Labour's candidate for her former constituency in the three elections following her 2010 defeat, losing on all three occasions to Ellis.