Valerie Vaz

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The Right Honourable Valerie Vaz MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
In office 6 October 2016 – 9 May 2021
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Paul Flynn
Succeeded by	Thangam Debbonaire
Member of Parliament for Walsall South
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Bruce George
Majority	3,456 (8.1%)
Personal details
Born	Valerie Carol Marian Vaz (1954-12-07) 7 December 1954 (age 69) Aden Colony (now Yemen)
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Paul Townsend
Relations	Keith Vaz (brother)
Children	1 daughter
Alma mater	Bedford College, University of London
Website	Official website

Valerie Carol Marian Vaz^[1] (born 7 December 1954) is a British politician and solicitor who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall South since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she was Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2016 to 2021 in the Shadow Cabinets of Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer.