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Born Claire Curtis-Tansley in Neath and educated at the Mynyddbach Comprehensive School for Girls, Swansea , before studing at University College, Cardiff where she was awarded a Bachelor Of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering ; Aston University where she obtained a Master Of Business Administration , before finishing her studies at the Staffordshire University where she received her PhD in Technology in 1999 . She became a researcher at University College of Wales in Cardiff in 1984 , before joining Shell , initially as a site mechanical engineer, moving internally in 1988 as the Head of UK Supply and Distribution, and after 1990 became the Head of environmental strategy until she left Shell in 1992 . She became research head and development laboratory at with the Birmingham City Council in 1992, before moving internally to be the strategy and business planning head in 1993 , leaving the council in 1995 . In 1996 she was appointed as a Business and Engineering dean at the University Of Wales, Newport and she remained there until the following year when she was elected to Westminster . She was elected as a councillor to the Crewe And Nantwich Borough Council in 1995, stepping down in 1997 , also in 1995 she was elected the secretary of the Eddisbury Constituency Labour Party . She was elected to the Select Committee, and since the 2005 General Election she has been a member of the Trade And Industry Select Committee. In 2003/2004, she had the highest expenses of any politician in Parliament, and was second highest in 2002/2003. For instance, she records very high postage bills. She is one of the few engineers in Parliament, and has started an all-party parliamentary group Women in Science, Engineering and Design (WISED). She is married to Michael Lewis Jakub and they have a son and two daughters. EXTERNAL LINKS
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