Ann Keen is the MP for Brentford and Isleworth, the seat she won in May 1997 and successfully held in 2001 and 2005. She is married to Alan Keen who is the MP in neighbouring Feltham and Heston, and has three children.

Ann is currently Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for health services having been appointed to her ministerial post by Gordon Brown when he became Prime Minister. (To go to Ann's Ministirial page, click here).

Ann’s nursing background and experience of working at West Middlesex Hospital for many years as a Tutor Nurse and locally as a District Nurse have provided her with full knowledge of the health needs of her constituency. She has added to this knowledge as the General Secretary of the Community and District Nursing Association (CDNA) and previously served on the Health Select Committee. Her health background lead her to run a high profile campaign to ensure equality of treatment for women with ovarian cancer won her the Public figure of the Year from the national cancer charity “CancerBACUP”. Ann was previously Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Frank Dobson MP, when he was Secretary of State for Health and from 2001 until he became Prime Minister in 2007, Ann was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP.

Ann is proud of her work on in Parliament on a wide-range of issues. Before she was appointed to the government, she was secretary to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer, working closely with health organisations, charities and unions on health issues. She was a member of the Select Committee which introduced the National Minimum Wage and has successfully campaigned for employees’ rights to paid holiday and union representation at work. Ann has actively supported the introduction of better protection from verbal and physical assualt for emergency workers.
 
In a campaign against domestic violence Ann has been able to bring together her nursing contacts with the Metropolitan Police providing training for police officers and nurses. Ann was also a committed supporter of the successful Jubilee 2000 Campaign to cancel world debt and continues to work with the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown on this issue as well as through her colleagues in the All-Party Group on Third World Debt.