What is Hazel Blears?
[[Image:Hazel Blears, June 2009 2 cropped.jpg|thumb|Hazel Blears]] '''Hazel Anne Blears''' (born May 14, 1956) is an [[England|English]] politician. She was the [[Member of Parliament]] for the [[Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford and Eccles]] [[constituency]] from 1997 to 2015. She was first [[wikt:elect|elected]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]] as member for the [[Salford (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford]] constituency. She held several government posts under [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Ministers]] [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]], including [[Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government]], up until the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]] She is a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blears, Hazel}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs]]