Liz McInnes
Elizabeth Anne McInnes (born 30 March 1959) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 2014 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she was a Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2019 and Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016. Early life and career Elizabeth Anne McInnes was born on 30 March 1959 in Oldham, Lancashire. She was the fifth of the eight children to Margaret Elizabeth and George Frederick McInnes. Her father was a sheet metal worker who died when she was 14 years-old, so her mother brought-up the family single-handedly. Margaret took on various jobs including running public houses. McInnes was educated at Hathershaw Comprehensive School, Oldham. She studied biochemistry at St Anne's College, University of Oxford and completed a master's degree at the University of Surrey. From 1981, she worked in healthcare for the NHS in London, Sheffield, Manchester and Oldham. Prior to her election to Parliament, McInnes was a senior biochemist at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. She served as secretary of the Pennine Acute branch for Unite the Union, chair of the National Health Sector Industrial Committee and a