Armstrong was seen as a politician on the centre-right of the Labour Party, and was close politically to her near neighbour Tony Blair and the New Labour agenda.
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The daughter of Labour MP Ernest Armstrong, she was shortlisted for the vacant Sedgefield constituency in 1983, only to lose out to Tony Blair.
Louis Armstrong | Lance Armstrong | Hilary Duff | Neil Armstrong | George Armstrong Custer | Armstrong Whitworth | Armstrong | Hilary Swank | Hilary Putnam | Armstrong College | Hilary of Poitiers | Hilary Mantel | Hilary Hahn | Gillian Armstrong | John Armstrong | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | Karan Armstrong | Hilary Benn | Billie Joe Armstrong | Vanessa Bell Armstrong | Tim Armstrong | Robert Armstrong | Heather Armstrong | Anton Armstrong | Warwick Armstrong | Robert Armstrong (actor) | Kerry Armstrong | John Armstrong (bishop) | Hilary Bradt | Frank A. Armstrong |
Alumni include author Terry Deary the politician Hilary Armstrong, actress Melanie Hill, philosopher Alan Brian Carter, Paralympic yachtsman John Robertson, footballer Martin Smith, and local author Keith Wilkinson.
In April 2007, Cabinet Office Minister Hilary Armstrong commissioned Ed Mayo and MySociety director Tom Steinberg to draft a "Power of Information Review" on how the government could serve the public's information needs better.
This post lasted until Hilary Armstrong was returned to the backbenches when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister, but she was then appointed PPS to the Secretary of State for Defence, Des Browne, in 2007.