Parliamentary Career
Southworth served as a member of the House of Commons select committees on Trade and Industry (1998–2001) and Procedure (1997–1999). She was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Paul Boateng, the former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, from 2001 to 2005. In 2005 she was appointed a member of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, which will scrutinise the implementation of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
She has served as a non-executive director on a number of bodies, including the charity Age Concern, Grosvenor Housing Association and Merseyside and Knowsley Health Authority.
At the Women in Public Life Awards in 2008 Southworth was named MP of the year for her work involving missing and runaway children.
On 16 June 2009, Southworth announced her intention to stand down at the next general election, citing her desire to spend more time with her family.
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