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'''Ann Widdecombe''' (b 1947) is a [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] in the [[United Kingdom]].  First elected to Parliament in [[Margaret Thatcher|Margaret Thatcher's]] 1987 victory, she has made public her intention to stand down at the next election.  Between 1990 and 1997 she served in the [[government]] of [[Prime Minister]] [[John Major]].  After the election loss of 1997, she served as shadow [[Health Minister]] and shadow [[Home Secretary]].  She moved to the [[backbench|backbenches]] in 2001.

'''Ann Widdecombe''' (b 1947) is a [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] in the [[United Kingdom]].  First elected to Parliament in [[Margaret Thatcher|Margaret Thatcher's]] 1987 victory, she has made public her intention to stand down at the next election.  Between 1990 and 1997 she served in the [[government]] of [[Prime Minister]] [[John Major]].  After the election loss of 1997, she served as shadow [[Health Minister]] and shadow [[Home Secretary]].  She moved to the [[backbench]]es in 2001.

Remarkably for a British politician, Widdecombe is a vocal [[Christian]] whose faith has often being a feature of her political life.  She insisted that should the Conservative Party be elected to government again she would be unable to serve as Health Secretary since the [[NHS|National Health Service]] performs [[abortion|abortions]].  She has been a strong campaigner for [[family values]] and is a publicly-acknowledged practitioner of [[abstinence]].  When the [[Church of England]], of which she was a member, decided to allow women to become priests, she left and joined the [[Catholic Church]].  She once boycotted [[British Airways]] in protest at the airline refusing to allow a member of staff to display a [[crucifix]], and only returned to using the carrier when the decision was reversed.

Remarkably for a British politician, Widdecombe is a vocal [[Christian]] whose faith has often being a feature of her political life.  She insisted that should the Conservative Party be elected to government again she would be unable to serve as Health Secretary since the [[NHS|National Health Service]] performs [[abortion]]s.  She has been a strong campaigner for family values and is a publicly-acknowledged practitioner of [[abstinence]].  When the [[Church of England]], of which she was a member, decided to allow women to become priests, she left and joined the [[Catholic Church]].  She once boycotted [[British Airways]] in protest at the airline refusing to allow a member of staff to display a [[crucifix]], and only returned to using the carrier when the decision was reversed.

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