Margaret Hodge

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Margaret Eve Hodge, Baroness Hodge of Barking (née Oppenheimer, formerly Watson; born 8 September 1944), is a British politician and life peer, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking from 1994 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992. She has held a number of ministerial roles and served as chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015. Hodge was born to German Jewish parents who fled the Nazis during the Holocaust, and her father was the co-founder of steel firm Stemcor. She was a councillor on Islington Council from 1973 to 1994, was chair of the Housing Committee, and then Council Leader from 1982 to 1992. Hodge later apologised for failing to ensure that allegations of serious child abuse in council-run homes were sufficiently investigated and for libelling a complainant. Hodge was elected to parliament in a 1994 by-election. She was appointed Junior Minister for Disabled People in...

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