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{{Short description|British Labour Party politician (born 1960)}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
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|constituency_MP = [[North East England (European Parliament constituency)|North East England]]
|parliament = European
|term_start   = 10 June 1999
|term_end     = 10 June 2004
|predecessor  = New constituency
|successor    = Seat abolished
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1960|2|24|df=y}}
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|birthname    = Barbara Maria O'Toole
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|alma_mater   = [[University of Leeds]]
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'''Barbara Maria O'Toole''' (born 24 February 1960), known as '''Mo O'Toole''', is a former [[politician]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
O'Toole attended [[Sacred Heart Catholic High School (Newcastle upon Tyne)|Sacred Heart Convent School]] in [[Fenham]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], then studied at [[Northumbria University]].<ref name="esrc">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090414181238/http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/about/CI/events/outputs/regional_policy_conference/speakers/mo_otoole.aspx Mo O'Toole], ESRC Society Today</ref>  Soon afterwards, she married future [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] MP [[Alan Milburn]], although the couple split in the late 1980s.<ref>Andy McSmith, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/why-minister-apologised-to-female-official-over-gossip-540749.html Why minister apologised to female official over gossip]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}", ''[[The Independent]]'', 15 June 2003</ref>  During this period, O'Toole also served as a Labour Party councillor in [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]].<ref name="esrc" />
O'Toole then completed a PhD at the [[University of Newcastle upon Tyne]], then became a lecturer in Government and Public Policy, first at the [[University of Bristol]], then at Newcastle.  At the [[1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|European Parliament election, 1999]], she was elected for the Labour Party in [[North East England (European Parliament constituency)|North East England]] from third on the party list.<ref name="esrc" />  She lost her seat in [[2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2004]], despite being moved up to second on the party list. O'Toole was on an [[all-woman shortlist]] to be the Labour candidate in the safe seat of [[Bishop Auckland (UK Parliament constituency)|Bishop Auckland]] at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], but was not selected.<ref>"[http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2005/3/3/21121.html Four women in battle for Labour]", ''[[Northern Echo]]'', 3 March 2005</ref>
Since 2008 she has been a visiting professor and the [[Jean Monnet]] Fellow at [[Newcastle University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Research Associates at the Jean Monnet Centre |url=https://research.ncl.ac.uk/jeanmonnet/associates.html |publisher=Newcastle University |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* "[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U29046 O’TOOLE, Dr Barbara Maria, (Mo)]", ''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010; online edn., Oxford University Press, Dec 2009; online edn, Nov 2009, accessed 21 Dec 2009.
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