British politician, writer and broadcaster, the publication of whose Diaries (1987–1992) in September 2002 caused a sensation, as they revealed a four-year affair with colleague (and later Prime Minister) John Major between 1984 and 1988.
She served as Conservative Party Member of Parliament from 1983 until 1997. She was a Junior Health Minister for two years, resigning in 1988 during the salmonella-in-eggs controversy. The controversy gained her the nickname “Eggwina”.
By the time Currie lost her seat as an MP in 1997, she had begun a new career as a novelist and broadcaster. She is the author of six novels, and has also written four works of non fiction.
From 1998 to 2003, she hosted a late evening talk show on BBC Radio Five Live, Late Night Currie. In 2002, she moved to HTV, presenting the television programme Currie Night until 2003. Since then, she has appeared in a string of reality television programmes. She won Celebrity Mastermind on 23 June 2004, specialising in the life of Marie Curie.
On 1 July 1972, Edwina Cohen married accountant Ray Currie in Barnstaple, Devon; they had two children and divorced in 1997. During this marriage Edwina Currie had a four-year affair with John Major. On 24 May 2001, in Southwark, Currie married retired detective John Jones, whom she had met when he was a guest on her radio programme in 1999.

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