Janet Anderson was born on 6 December 1949 and lived until February 2023. She was an English politician from the Labour Party. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rossendale and Darwen from 1992 until 2010 when she lost her seat.
Her time as MP is remembered for her role as Minister for Tourism during the foot and mouth crisis, and her role in the 2009 expenses scandal.
Anderson was educated at Trowbridge Girls’ High School (now The John of Gaunt School) and the Kingswood Grammar School in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire. She attended the Polytechnic of Central London and the Université de Nantes.
Anderson listed her pastimes as swimming, playing the piano, listening to opera, gardening, and cooking Sunday roasts for her family. She spoke fluent French.
Anderson died suddenly in February 2023, at the age of 73.
Janet Anderson Husband: Who Is Vincent Humphreys?
Anderson married solicitor Vincent Humphreys in 1972. The couple had three children. Her son David managed her office in the House of Commons.
In December 1998, she had an affair and left, later divorcing, Humphreys for her fellow Labour MP Jim Dowd, though she remained on good terms with her former husband.