Karen Danczuk

Karen Marie Danczuk (née Burke) from Middleton, Rochdale[1] is a British former local councillor for Kingsway, Rochdale metro.[2] She came to prominence as the wife of Simon Danczuk, who was Member of Parliament for the Rochdale constituency from 2010 to 2017. In 2017, she applied to be a Labour MP.[3]

Family

Karen and Simon Danczuk married in 2012.[4] They have two sons.[5] The couple separated in June 2015.[6] In July 2015, he said that he had been suffering from depression caused by his campaigning work on child sexual abuse and that this had affected their marriage.[7][8]

Television work

Danczuk took part in 2015 in the TV programme, NHS in Crisis: Live Debate and was a participant in 2016's Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.[9] She has appeared on Loose Women several times.[10]

She is a campaigner for victims of sexual abuse, and a patron for the National Association for People Abused in Childhood.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ correspondent, Nazia Parveen North of England (15 December 2016). "Karen Danczuk's brother jailed for raping her and two other women". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Williams, Zoe (20 February 2016). "Karen Danczuk: 'Showing a bit of cleavage hardly makes me the devil'". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Selfie queen Karen Danczuk in bid to become Labour MP". Sky News. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ Rajeev Syal (31 December 2015). "Simon Danczuk: a campaigning MP with a complex personal life". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. ^ Gordon, Bryony (24 January 2015). "Karen Danczuk: 'Don't dare say I set a bad example'". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Labour MP Simon Danczuk splits from wife Karen". Daily Telegraph. London. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  7. ^ "MP Simon Danczuk to step back from child abuse campaign". BBC News. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  8. ^ Perraudin, Frances (6 July 2015). "Simon Danczuk steps back from campaigning against child abuse". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Dom Joly, Zoe Salmon and Ollie Locke sign up for celebrity The Island with Bear Grylls". Radio Times.
  10. ^ "MP's wife defends provocative selfies during Loose Women attack". Metro.co.uk. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Danczuk wants to shed 'selfie queen' tag". Bbc.co.uk. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Man held in Danczuk abuse inquiry". Bbc.co.uk. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.


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