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About Anne
Anne Campbell was Cambridge's MP for 13 years, and unfortunately was not re-elected on 5 May 2005.
Since her election as MP for Cambridge in April 1992, Anne has taken a special interest in science and technology, education and economic affairs, Cambridge transport, housing and the city environment.
In March 2003, Anne resigned her post as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in order to vote against military action on Iraq.
Prior to being elected to parliament, Anne was Head of Statistics and Data Processing at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany in Cambridge. She also taught Mathematics at Cambridge secondary schools before becoming a senior lecturer in Statistics at Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (now Anglia Polytechnic University). Anne was a member of Cambridgeshire County Council from 1985 to 1989.
Anne founded Opportunity Links, the service that has helped thousands of Cambridgeshire parents arrange child-care and find new jobs. Anne also founded Cambridge OnLine, providing free internet access for all as well as a wealth of local information.
A resident of Cambridge for over 45 years and educated at Newnham College, Anne is married to a Cambridge University professor and has three grown up children and five grandchildren. Anne is 65.