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Education

Parliamentary Career

(1983-present) Member of Parliament for Rother Valley
(1983-1985) Member of Energy Select Committee
(1985-1988) PPS to Neil Kinnock, Leader of the Opposition
(1987- present) Chair of Parliamentary Labour Party Yorkshire Group
(1988-1992) Shadow Energy Minister
(1992-1993) Member of Environment Select Committee
(1993-1995) Shadow Employment Minister
(1993 & 1994) Originator of Private Members’ Bill to ban the advertising of tobacco products
(1995-1996) Shadow Health Minister
(1996-1997) Shadow Public Health Minister
(1997-2002) Chair of Parliamentary Labour Party Health Committee
(1997-2005) Member of Intelligence and Security Committee
(1997-2005) Chair of All-Party Pharmaceutical Industry Group
(1997-2004) Chair of All-Party Smoking and Health Group
(1999-present) Chair of All-Party Bulgaria Group
(1999-2008) Lay Member of the General Medical Council
(2001) Appointed to the Privy Council
(2005-2010) Chair of Health Select Committee
(2005-2010) Member of Liaison Committee
(2005-present) Member of Standards and Privileges Committee
(2005-present) Chair of All-Party Film Industry Group
(2010-present) Chair of Standards and Privileges Committee
(2010-present) Co-chair of Associate Parliamentary Health Group

Parliamentary Elections

2010 Re-elected MP for Rother Valley with a Labour majority of 5,866 (12.5%)
2005 Re-elected MP for Rother Valley with a Labour majority of 14,224 (36.0%)
2001 Re-elected MP for Rother Valley with a Labour majority of 14,882 (40.4%)
1997 Re-elected MP for Rother Valley with a Labour majority of 23,485 (50.9%)
1992 Re-elected MP for Rother Valley with a Labour majority of 17,222 (33.6%)
1987 Re-elected MP for Rother Valley with a Labour majority of 15,790 (31.5%)
1983 Elected MP for Rother Valley with a Labour majority of 8,625 (18.4%)

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