Julia Drown
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox officeholder Julia Kate Drown (born 23 August 1962) is a former British Labour Party politician. She was the member of parliament (MP) for Swindon South, in south-west England, from 1997 until 2005.<ref>Ms Julia Drown at They Work For You.com</ref>
Drown was a National Health Service accountant<ref>Julia Drown: Electoral history and profile at guardian.co.uk (Accessed 12 January 2012)</ref> and member of Oxfordshire County Council before her election to parliament.<ref>Julia Drown Health Professions Council website (Accessed 12 January 2012)</ref> A mother of young children, she was at the forefront of campaigns to make Parliament more child-friendly, including the allowing of breast-feeding.<ref>BBC News, Julia Drown 16 October 2002</ref> Drown did not seek re-election as an MP at the 2005 general election.
As of May 2018, Drown holds several organisational positions. She chairs the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, and is a trustee of the Pension Scheme for the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Associated Employers. She also occasionally trains for Eden and Partners (a health sector leadership and training consultancy). Previously she was a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Appeals Committee, the Health Care Professions Council and the Audit Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–2005
- Members of Oxfordshire County Council
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Wiltshire
- 20th-century British women politicians
- 21st-century British women politicians
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English politicians
- 21st-century English women
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- Women councillors in England