Maureen Patricia Hicks, née Cutler, (born 23 February 1948) was the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

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 for Wolverhampton North East.

Hicks was educated at Furzedown

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 College of Education. She served as a councillor on Stratford upon Avon District Council 1979-84.

Against the national trend, Hicks gained her seat from Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 in the 1987 general election

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 but lost it in the 1992 general election

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 to Labour's Ken Purchase

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