Autographs of Margaret Beckett
Margaret Mary Beckett, Baroness Beckett (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943), is a British politician who was the United Kingdom's first female Foreign Secretary (from 2006 to 2007) and a member of Parliament (MP) for more than 45 years, first from 1974 to 1979 and then from 1983 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was and served as a minister under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Beckett was Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1994, and briefly Leader of the Opposition and acting Leader of the Labour Party following John Smith's death in 1994. A member of the Labour Party, she served as MP for Lincoln from 1974 to 1979, and for Derby South from 1983 to 2024. Her 45 years in the House of Commons makes her the female MP in the Commons with the longest service overall (Harriet Harman has longer continuous service), and she was the last sitting MP who served in the Labour governments of the 1970s.
Beckett was first elected to Parliament at the October 1974 general election for Lincoln and held junior positions in the governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. She lost her seat at the 1979 general election, but returned to the Commons in 1983 as MP for Derby South. She was appointed to Neil Kinnock's shadow cabinet shortly afterwards; she was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 1992, becoming the first woman to hold that role. When John Smith died in 1994, Beckett became the first woman to lead the Labour Party, though only in a temporary capacity—Blair won the election to replace Smith shortly afterward and assumed the substantive leadership.
After Labour returned to power in 1997, and as one of 101 female Labour MPs elected, Beckett became a member of Blair's Cabinet initially as President of the Board of Trade, the first female holder of that office. She later served as Leader of the House of Commons and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, before becoming Foreign Secretary in 2006, the first woman to hold that position, and—after Margaret Thatcher—the second woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State. Following Blair's resignation as prime minister in 2007, Beckett was not initially given a position by Brown, Blair's successor; after she had spent a period on the backbenches, Brown appointed her to his cabinet as Minister of State for Housing and Planning in 2008, before she left the government for the last time in 2009. After Labour lost power following the 2010 general election, she sat on the opposition backbenches until standing down at the 2024 general election. She was shortly thereafter appointed to the House of Lords.
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Traded items with a signature of Margaret Beckett
The most expensive item with a signature of Margaret Beckett (Margaret Beckett Ex Mp Signed photo With Official Letter And Signed John...) was sold in November 2025 for £159.40 while the cheapest item (Signed Margaret Beckett Labour Photograph) found a new owner for £0.99 in June 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2014 with an average selling price of £1.49 for an autographed item of Margaret Beckett. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2025 with £159.40 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2015. In average, an autographed item from Margaret Beckett is worth £2.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Margaret Beckett were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1991 Margaret Beckett, MP, Hand Signed Letter, Commons Notepaper, Minimum Wage | £8.00 |  |
| 1992 Margaret Beckett MP Hand Signed Letter, House of Commons Notepaper | £8.00 | |
| Autograph, Margaret Beckett MP | £12.43 | |
| GENUINE AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO ~ REAL PHOTO ~ MARGARET BECKETT [FOREIGN SECRETARY] | £8.95 | |
| Margaret Beckett - B&W 8"x 5" Signed 'Westminster Terrace' Photo - UACC RD223 | £18.98 | |
| MARGARET BECKETT - Labour Party POLITICIAN - EXCELLENT SIGNED PHOTO | £10.00 | |
| MARGARET BECKETT - LABOUR POLITICIAN - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £6.00 | |
| Margaret Beckett B/W Signed photograph 8x6 | £0.99 | |
| Margaret Beckett Derby South Labour MP 1997 General Election Leaflet signed | £16.35 | |
| Margaret Beckett Ex Mp Signed photo With Official Letter And Signed John... | £159.40 | |
| MARGARET BECKETT MP Hand Signed Photo Autograph.. | £9.99 | |
| Margaret Beckett Signed Palace of Westminster Postcard Labour Politician | £4.50 | |
| Original Hand Signed Autograph - Margaret Beckett | £2.95 | |
| POLITICS - MARGARET BECKETT MP personally signed picture 7.5 x 5 - vgc | £3.00 | |
| Signed Margaret Beckett Labour Photograph | £0.99 | |
Latest News about Margaret Beckett
Margaret Beckett brands website hijack by Tories 'pathetic' (05/12/2019): Ed Barker admits he set up a site using Margaret Beckett's name, which urges people to vote for him. 
