Dame Margaret Eve Hodge,<!--not "Lady Hodge" as her own damehood outranks her late husband's knighthood--> (née Oppenheimer, formerly Watson; born 8 September 1944) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking since 1994. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992. She has held a number of ministerial roles and served as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015. Wikipedia