Eileen Gordon

Eileen Gordon (née Leatt; born 22 October 1946) is a former Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, who represented Romford from 1997 to 2001.

Early life and education Gordon was born in Islington, the daughter of Charles and Margaret Rose Leatt (née Mallett). She was educated at Harold Hill Grammar School, Shoreditch Comprehensive School, and Westminster College, Oxford (Cert.Ed.).

Gordon was an assistant to the Labour MP for West Ham, Tony Banks, from 1990 to 1997.

She contested the Conservative-held seat of Romford for Labour at the 1992 general election, but was unsuccessful. In 1994, she stood for election to Havering Council again, this time for Gidea Park (named for the area of the same name).

The 1992 general election had been her party's fourth loss in a row, but in 1997, as part of the landslide victory spearheaded by party leader Tony Blair, Gordon won Romford, becoming the first Labour elected MP for the seat since 1970. Whilst in Parliament, she was a member of the Broadcasting Select Committee from 1998 to 2001, and the Health Select Committee, from 1999 to 2001. He died in 2005.