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Ann Keen
MP
Ann Keen MP
Member of Parliament; for Brentford and Isleworth
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Nirj Deva
Personal details
Born	November 26, 1948 (age 77); Wales
Nationality	British
Party	Labour

Ann Lloyd Keen (born 26 November 1948, Wales as Ann Lloyd Fox) is a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. She represents Brentford and Isleworth, and was first elected at the 1997 general election, defeating Nirj Deva. She is married to Alan Keen MP and her sister, Sylvia Heal MP, also sits in the House of Commons.

Ann is Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP.

Keen has an adopted son who is gay and it was she who made the significant proposal to amend the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to lower the age of consent for homosexual acts. This was passed in Parliament but defeated by the House of Lords (it would later be passed in the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000). ^[1]

References

^ "'MPs back gay sex at 16'". The Guardian. 23 June 1998. Retrieved 2007-04-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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