Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean (née Gibson; born 28 January 1949) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Burton from 1997[1] to 2010.
Born Janet Gibson in Crewe, she was educated at the Verdin Grammar School in Winsford.
[2] On leaving school in 1965 she became a clerk at Barclays Bank, before moving to Bass Charrington in 1969.
[2] She was a loyal backbencher although rebelling against the privatisation of air traffic control in 2000, a local issue given the proximity of her constituency to the East Midlands Airport.
She was the chairperson of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Lupus[4] – an issue close to her heart, as both her mother and husband died from it.