Candy Atherton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Candy Atherton
Date Of Birth	Sep 21, 1955(1955-09-21)
Age	69
Date Of Death	October 30, 2017, Luton & Dunstable University Hospital, Luton, United Kingdom
Birthplace	United Kingdom
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Virgo

Candy Atherton Biography

Candy Atherton is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 21, 1955 in United Kingdom, United Kingdom.

She then worked for the Labour Party and UNISON before being selected to fight the three-way marginal seat of Falmouth and Camborne, after the local Labour Party had imposed the first all-women shortlist in the country. Such shortlists were subsequently ruled to be in breach of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, and thus unlawful. Despite that judgement, she remained in place as the candidate for the 1997 general election. Taking Labour from third place to first, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne, holding the seat until the election of 2005.

Atherton worked as a journalist from 1980. In 1984, she co-founded Everywoman – a “post-feminist” women’s magazine, and later co-wrote a book on housing for single homeless people in North London. Atherton also worked with ex- offenders, and co-founded a women’s shelter in West Sussex.

Candy Atherton Net Worth

Candy Atherton is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Candy Atherton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Candice Kathleen Atherton (21 September 1955 – 30 October 2017) was a British Labour politician and journalist. After serving as a councillor in Islington, where she was mayor, she was Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne from 1997 to 2005. Up until her death she lived in Cornwall and was a member of its local Council.

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She doubled her majority in the 2001 election, having successfully campaigned for Objective One status for Cornwall, for the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, and for a university in Cornwall. She spearheaded the campaign to open a Minor Injuries Unit in Camborne Redruth Community Hospital – now used by more than 12,000 people a year – and the campaign to expose the nerve gas station at Nancekuke (RRH Portreath) in her constituency, an issue, surprisingly, that had been well known to the people of the area for several decades.

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Carlos Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Candy Atherton celebrates birthday on September 21 of every year.

Paul Phillips, a gay aide Atherton employed for a year until March 2004, resigned and claimed discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, accusing her of homophobia and of asking him to find information on her Conservative opponent in Falmouth because he was also gay. The accusation of ‘digging the dirt’ was coined by the Tribunal Chair at the initial hearing and although Phillips denied that he had ever alleged this, the phrase stuck. Atherton denied having treated Phillips in any discriminatory way. The case was thrown out. Atherton’s record of voting in the House of Commons was generally supportive of gay rights. She served as a councillor for eight years until her death at age 62.