Roberta Blackman-Woods

Roberta Blackman-Woods
Shadow Minister for Planning
In office
12 January 2018  6 November 2019
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Shadow Minister for International Development
In office
3 July 2017  12 January 2018
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byImran Hussain
Succeeded byDan Carden
Preet Gill
Shadow Minister for Housing
In office
18 September 2015  3 July 2017
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMelanie Onn
Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government
In office
7 October 2011  18 September 2015
LeaderEd Miliband
Shadow Minister for Civil Society
In office
8 October 2010  7 October 2011
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byNick Hurd (Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering)
Succeeded byGareth Thomas
Member of Parliament
for City of Durham
In office
5 May 2005  6 November 2019
Preceded byGerry Steinberg
Succeeded byMary Foy
Personal details
Born
Roberta Carol Woods

(1957-08-16) 16 August 1957
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Ulster
WebsiteOfficial website
Academic background
ThesisThe state and community work in Northern Ireland 1966–1982 (1989)

Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods (née Woods; 16 August 1957) is a British academic and former Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham from 2005 to 2019.