Margaret Hodge
United Kingdom
Labour
member of the House of Lords
government
Margaret Eve Hodge, Baroness Hodge of Barking, is a British politician and life peer, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking from 1994 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992. She has held a number of ministerial roles and served as chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015.
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Sep 9, 2026
Far Left
Anti-corruption campaigner and former Labour MP gives an interview about her battles, including fighting antisemitism and the BNP.
Radical left appreciates her anti-fascist credentials but criticizes her role in Labour's antisemitism witch-hunt that targeted Jeremy Corbyn, undermining the left's electoral prospects.