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She attended the Polytechnic of Central London and the Université de Nantes.
She was educated at Roedean (where she was head girl), Heidelberg University, Queen Mary, University of London and the Polytechnic of Central London, and worked as a statistician and market research manager, including a spell with Shell-Mex and BP, before entering Parliament as MP for Wallasey, Merseyside, succeeding the former Cabinet minister Ernest Marples.
In 1991 she obtained a Certificate in Management Studies with the Westminster University (Polytechnic of Central London) in the United Kingdom.