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  1. Dame Margaret Mary Beckett GBE (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943) is a British former politician who was Britain's first female Foreign Secretary and a minister under Prime Ministers Wilson, Callaghan, Blair and Brown.

  2. Margaret Beckett (born January 15, 1943, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England) is a British politician who served as foreign secretary of the United Kingdom (200607), the first woman to hold the post. She briefly served (1994) as leader of the Labour Party, the first woman to hold that post.

  3. Mar 26, 2022 · Dame Margaret Beckett has served under four prime ministers, including as the first female foreign secretary in 2006 under Tony Blair. She is Britain's longest-serving female MP.

  4. May 30, 2024 · Dame Margaret Beckett. The Rt Hon Dame Margaret Beckett is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Labour MP for Derby South, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

  5. Dec 14, 2021 · The husband of veteran Labour MP Dame Margaret Beckett has died at the age of 95, the party has announced. The pair married in 1979 with Leo, a local Labour party chairman,...

  6. Mar 26, 2022 · Britain's first female foreign secretary and Labour leader announces her intention to stand down from Derby South constituency in 2024. Sir Keir Starmer praises her as a "trailblazer" and a "legend" of the party.

  7. Jun 23, 2022 · Margaret Beckett was born Margaret Mary Jackson in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, one of three daughters. She studied metallurgy at the University of Manchester, where she was a vocal member of the Student Union. Beckett was selected as the Labour candidate for Lincoln in 1973.

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