Early Life and Career Before Parliament
Smith grew up in Grimsby, where her grandfather had been the Mayor. She went to Waltham Leas Primary School, now The Leas Junior School on Manor Drive in Waltham and Tollbar Secondary School, in New Waltham, Lincolnshire.
She joined the Labour Party at the age of 16 and worked for the NHS for five years, before taking A levels on an evening course. She studied English at the University of Nottingham in September 1987.
She started a PhD at Newnham College, Cambridge and was an English lecturer at Dearne Valley College in Wath upon Dearne from 1994 until 2003.
She was a councillor on Sheffield City Council for 10 years for the Broomhill ward.
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