Janet Anderson

Janet Anderson
Anderson in 2007
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Film, Tourism and Broadcasting
In office 27 July 1998 – 7 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Tom Clarke
Succeeded by	Richard Caborn
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Derek Conway
Succeeded by	Graham Allen
Shadow Minister for Women
In office 26 July 1996 – 2 May 1997
Leader	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Tessa Jowell
Succeeded by	Gillian Shephard
Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen
In office 9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Sir David Trippier
Succeeded by	Jake Berry
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-06)6 December 1949 Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Died	6 February 2023(2023-02-06) (aged 73)
Political party	Labour
Spouses	Vincent Humphries ​ ​ (m. 1972; sep. 1998)​ Jim Dowd ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Polytechnic of Central London University of Nantes

Janet Anderson (6 December 1949 – 6 February 2023) was a British politician from the Labour Party. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rossendale and Darwen from 1992 until 2010, when she lost her seat. She was the Minister for Tourism from 1998 to 2001, a period which included the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak. In the 2009 United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, she was found to have claimed costs for journeys she had not made.