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Edwina Currie | |
|---|---|
 Currie in 2009 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| In office 10 September 1986 – 16 December 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Major |
| Succeeded by | Roger Freeman |
| Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Mark Todd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwina Cohen 13 October 1946 Liverpool, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouses |
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| Domestic partner | John Major (1984–1988) |
| Children | 2, including Debbie |
| Residence(s) | Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, England |
| Alma mater | |
Edwina Currie (née Cohen; born 13 October 1946) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician, serving as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire from 1983 until 1997. She was a Junior Health Minister for two years, resigning in 1988 during the salmonella-in-eggs controversy.
By the time Currie lost her seat as an MP in 1997, she had begun a new career as a novelist and broadcaster. She is the author of six novels, and has also written four works of non-fiction. In September 2002, the publication of Currie's Diaries (1987–92) caused a sensation, as they revealed a four-year affair with colleague (and later Prime Minister) John Major between 1984 and 1988. Currie's record as Junior Health Minister was heavily scrutinised in the 2010s, and to a lesser extent at the time, for her close relationship with Jimmy Savile; she hired Savile as chairman of Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital, where it is now known he molested and raped mentally unstable patients. Currie previously expressed her "full confidence" in him.[1][2][3]
Currie remains an outspoken public figure, with a reputation for being "highly opinionated,"[4] and currently earns her living as an author and media personality.
- ^ Davies, Caroline; Mason, Rowena (27 June 2014). "Jimmy Savile: detailed investigation reveals reign of abuse across NHS". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ The Earl of Dundee (7 November 1988). "Mentally Ill Offenders: Treatment". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). HL Deb 7 November 1988 vol 501 c525. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Edwina Currie – 'nothing to hide' on Savile". BBC News. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "Currie: From Parliament to print" Archived 9 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News Online, 28 September 2002.
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