Natascha Engel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Natascha Engel
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 9, 1967(1967-04-09)
Age	57
Birthplace	Berlin
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Aries

Natascha Engel Biography

Natascha Engel is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 9, 1967 in Berlin, United Kingdom. Natascha Engel, born 9 April 1967, is a former British politician. From 2005 to her defeat at the 2017 general election, she was a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), for North East Derbyshire.

Engel was elected to the Work and Pensions Select Committee when the MP participation was formalized in the new Parliament. Engel was the last Labour MP to make her maiden speech, 20 October 2005. Engel spoke about constituency matters, supporting local communities with power and resources, and highlighting examples from Staveley, Grassmoor, which both fall within her constituency. Socialism is the simple belief that if one helps their neighbor, their neighbor will help them. Engel was one of the top ten MPs that Sky plc compiled in 2006. Each of the 15 MPs from the Labour and Conservative parties were invited to attend “Rising Star” dinners. They were also asked to comment about Sky’s broadcasting policies.

Engel became Secretary of the All-Party Media Literacy Group in 2006. She backed Peter Hain for the Labour Party deputy leadership in the 2007 election, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hain from July 2007 until Hain resigned from the Government in January 2008. Engel left the Work and Pensions Committee in November 2007. She performed the same role for Liam Byrne from October 2008, transferring to work for John Denham from January

2009. She was appointed to the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons when it was set up in July 2009.

At the ePolitix Charity Champion awards in November 2007, Engel was named “Children and Youth Champion” for her work. At the 2007–08 annual general meeting of the British Youth Council, she was chosen as an Honorary President of the council.

In 2005, she also advised the Fees office on above limits second home claims. The excess of PS1,666 worth kitchen goods was paid in full. In hindsight, she admitted that she wouldn’t have claimed for kitchen items that were “the spirit…not the letter” of the law. She cited the costs of setting up a second house and a constituency office and stated that she had paid for it and not done anything wrong, so she wouldn’t be repaying it.

Natascha Engel Net Worth

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

Engel began her career with Labour Party staff in 2001 as a Trade Union Liaison officer, organizing marginal seats campaigns for the 2001 general election. Later, she was promoted to policy coordinator for the Trade Union Liaison Office and then went on to become programme director at Smith Institute. She was there for one year and had responsibilities including researching skills and the needs women working in rural areas and Regional Economic Policies. She co-authored the book Age of Regions : Meeting the Productivity Challenge in October 2002 through the Smith Institute.

In February 2003, she was John Healey’s assistant. She collaborated with him to create a pamphlet published by TUC and an article published by New Statesman. The articles argued that unions should provide learning opportunities to increase their members.

Following the decision to stand down of sitting MP Harry Barnes, she was selected as the Labour candidate for North East Derbyshire at the 2005 general election. “Easily” defeating local candidates, she denied that this was due to her connection to the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. In the election, Engel retained the seat with a majority of 10,065. She bought a house at Barrow Hill in her constituency in July 2006.

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On 15 June 2010, the House of Commons voted to create a Backbench Business Committee, and one week later, Engel defeated Sir Alan Haselhurst 202 to 173 in a secret ballot of MPs to become its first chair. On 6 July 2011 she was named “Backbencher of the Year” for her work with the committee. Interviewed in the April 2012 edition of Total Politics, Engel expressed surprise at her status in being pictured alongside that of the Coalition leaders and the Speaker in an exhibition on democracy.

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Engel’s role was to allocate roughly one day a week parliamentary debating time between competing backbenchers by a process described by Quentin Letts as akin to Dragons’ Den. She has expressed pride in the committee which is “a powerful check on the executive”. Debates are allowed on any topic and, unless they are against party policy, the whips don’t interfere. The most contentious debate was on the EU referendum held on 24 October 2011. Engel is producing an ‘end-of-term’ report on the performance of the committee and recommendations for improvement—a review is required as part of recommendations of the Wright Committee. Engel was re-elected, unopposed, to the chair of the committee May 2012.

Top Facts about Natascha Engel

1. Natascha Engel is a British Labour politician.
2. She served as MP for North East Derbyshire from 2005-2017.
3. Engel was the first female Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.
4. She resigned in 2018 over Brexit disagreements with her party.
5. Engel now works as an independent energy consultant and advisor.
6. She has written articles on fracking and energy policy for various publications.
7. In 2020, she was appointed as Commissioner for Shale Gas by the UK government.
8. Engel supports nuclear power as a low-carbon energy source.
9. She has criticized the Labour Party’s stance on fracking and shale gas exploration.
10. Engel has advocated for greater transparency in the energy industry.