Claire Curtis-Thomas (formerly Curtis-Tansley; born 30 April 1958)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crosby from 1997 to 2010.
Curtis-Thomas' time as an MP was most notable for her involvement in matters related to the challenges faced by the construction sector, supporting the expansion of apprenticeship schemes, and increasing the number of women in science, engineering and technology careers.
She became a researcher at University College of Wales in Cardiff in 1984, before joining Shell Chemicals, initially as a site mechanical engineer, moving internally in 1988 as the Head of UK Supply and Distribution, and after 1990 was head of environmental strategy until leaving Shell in 1992.
In 1996 she was appointed as a Business and Engineering Dean at the University of Wales, Newport, and remained there until the following year when she was elected to Westminster.
After her election, she became a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee, on which she sat for the entirety of her first parliament.
In June 2006, she introduced the Regulation of Sale and Display of Sexually Explicit Material Bill to stop newsagents selling certain men's magazines.