Joan Humble[1] (born Jovanka Piplica; 3 March 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Fleetwood from 1997 to 2010.
[2] Humble was educated at Keighley Girls (now known as Greenhead High School) and Lancaster University where she received a BA degree in History in 1972.
She worked as a civil servant in the Department of Health and Social Security from 1972, before moving to the Inland Revenue in 1973.
She defeated Harold Elletson, the sitting Conservative MP for Blackpool North, by 8,946 votes.
She was the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Childcare, Social Care, Myodil & Army Deaths.