Karen 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.
  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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