Members Of Parliament in Bradford - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

MPs: David Ward MP; Gerry Sutcliffe MP; George Galloway MP; Rebecca Taylor MEP;

Bradford East (House of Commons)

Mr David Ward MP (Liberal Democrat)

Surgery: 458 Killinghall Road
Bradford
BD2 4SL

Surgery Tel: 01274 403 973

MP Since - 2010 Majority - 365 Born - 24/06/1953. Married (Jackie), 2 sons.
Education - Boston Grammar School. Bradford University (MBA M. Phil). Leicester University (MSc.).

Previous Occupation - Project Manager at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Personal Overview - An experienced political campaigner in Bradford, he won this seat on a large swing from Labour in 2010. A local man, he has campaigned locally on issues such as fuel poverty and has supported the regeneration of Bradford City Centre. He has focused on encouraging greater community cohesion, attempting to get young people in the local community more interested in sport by working with Bradford Football Club and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

Political History - Councillor, Bradford Metropolitan District Council. General Election candidate for Bradford North (1990 by-election, 1992, 2001, 2005). MP Bradford East (2010-). Member of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (2010-12). Member of the Education Select Committee (2012-).

Characteristics - Has been a member of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors.

Business Tel: 020 7219 3000

Email: david.ward.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Regeneration,Education & Training,Fuel Poverty,Health

Commitee membership

• Education Committee (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Connecting Communities (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsy Roma Travellers (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing in the North (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Growth, Local Enterprise Partnerships and Enterprise Zones (Member)
• Manufacturing Group (Associate Group) (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Non-Profit Making Members' Clubs (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Private Rented Sector (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Regeneration through Innovation (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan (Treasurer)
• Britain-Palestine Group (Member)

Bradford South (House of Commons)

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe MP (Labour)

Surgery Tel: 01274 288688

MP Since - 1994 (By-Election) Majority - 4,622 Born - 13/05/1953. Married, 3 sons.
Education - Cardinal Hinsley Grammar School, Bradford.
Previous Occupation - Department Store Salesman, Brown & Muff's store, Bradford (1969-72); Display Advertising Clerk, Bradford Telegraph and Argus (1972-75); Field Printers, Bradford (1975-80).
Personal Overview - Has experience in Trade Union involvement and in a Local Government leadership role. His previous outside Parliament group memberships indicate some Social and Environmental awareness. Since winning a 1994 By-Election, he has been a member of several Select Committees, with political career advancement possible after being made a PPS and then an Assistant Government Whip. With a personable demeanour, he was prior to his Whips' Office appointment a committed lobbyist on employment legislation, a consequence of his trade union associations. Attained ministerial office in the summer 2003 reshuffle, holding onto a Shadow position after the 2010 General Election until the October 2011 reshuffle.

Political History - Councillor, Bradford Metropolitan City Council (1982-94), Council Leader (1992-94). MP Bradford South (1994- By-Election). Vice Chair, Parliamentary Labour Party Yorkshire Regional Group (1997-). Member of the Public Accounts Select Committee (1996-98). PPS to Harriet Harman, Secretary of State for Social Security and Minister for Women (1997-98). PPS to Stephen Byers, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1998) & Secretary of State for Trade & Industry (1999). Assistant Government Whip (1999-2001), Government Whip (2001-03). Member of the Selection Select Committee (2001-03). Member of the Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee (2011-). Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Trade & Industry (2003-06). Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office/Ministry of Justice (2006-07). Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (Minister for Sport) (2007-10). Shadow Minister for Sport (Department for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010). Shadow Minister for the Home Office (2010-11).

Characteristics - Member of Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth. Vice-Chairman of the Yorkshire Group of Labour MPs.

Business Tel: 020 7219 3247

Email: sutcliffeg@parliament.uk

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Interests: Environment,Transport,General Economy,Education & Training,Employment,Local Government

Commitee membership

• Culture, Media & Sport Committee (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Betting and Gaming Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bingo (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Brass Bands (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Disability Sports (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Freelance Sector (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Greyhound Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Print Group (Secretary)
• All-Party Parliamentary Racing and Bloodstock Industries Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Runaway and Missing Children and Adults (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Sport (Vice Chairman)
• UK-Bahrain Group (Member)
• British-Brazil Group (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethiopia (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan (Member)

Bradford West (House of Commons)

Mr George Galloway MP (Respect Party)

MP Since - 2012 Majority - 18,341 Born - 16/08/1954, remarried (Putri Gayatri Pertiwi), 2 sons, 1 daughter.
Education - Harris Academy, Dundee.

Previous Occupation - Engineering Worker, Garden Works, Dundee (1972), Michelin Tyres (1973). Labour Party Worker (1977-83), Director of Asian Voice Ltd. General Secretary of War on Want (1983-87). TGWU member.

Personal Overview - Old-style left-winger with a certain manic quality which masks a strong debating style and unproven ability. With a radicalism lending to support for Saddam Hussein, and Yasser Arafat, he was probably the most off-message Labour MP. His move to set up his own 'Respect' party should not therefore be taken as a surprise. Post Iraq war anti Government sentiment and his strong campaigning style led him to victory in the East London Bethnal Green & Bow seat and most recently in Bradford West. He spent his parliamentary career as a Labour MP on the backbenches, strongly opposing the war with Iraq and making criticism of the party leadership. He undertook legal proceedings against the Daily Telegraph in 2003 after it printed an article claiming he received money from the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein. He was suspended from the Labour Party in June 2003 pending internal party investigations, following complaints that he had brought the party into disrepute during the Iraq crisis. Founded the 'Respect' Party in 2004 and successfully won the Bethnal Green seat in the 2005 General Election. The Parliamentary Commissioner for standards recommended he be suspended from Parliament for 18 days in July 2007 over his comments concerning the inquiry into the Mariam Appeal charity and it's funding. His suspension was later confirmed by Parliament. In January 2010 he was deported from Egypt, he had been attempting to go to Gaza to assist members of a humanitarian convoy. Following boundary changes he unsuccessfully stood for the Poplar and Limehouse seat at the 2010 General Election. He was an unexpected winner at the 2012 Bradford West by-election on a very large vote swing, showing once again his ability to motivate with his anti-war message.

Political History - MP Glasgow Hillhead (1987-97). MP Glasgow Kelvin (1997-2005). MP Bethnal Green & Bow (2005-10). General Election candidate for Poplar and Limehouse (2010). Scottish Parliament candidate for the Glasgow Region (2011).
MP Bradford West (2012-). Ex-Chairman of the Scottish Labour Party (1981-82), member of the Scottish Executive Committee (1975-83). Joint Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party Foreign Affairs Committee (1987-91). Secretary of the All Party British-Iranian Group. Joint Vice Chairman of the Labour Parliamentary Party Foreign Affairs Committee (1997-2003). Member of the Broadcasting Select Committee (1997-2000). Founder member of the 'Respect Party' (2004-). Nominating Officer for the Respect Party.
Characteristics - Has the Hilal-e-Quaid-Azam and Hilal-i-Pakistan awards for services to Democracy and the People of Pakistan and Kashmir (1990 & 1996). Was a contestant in the 'Celebrity Big Brother' Television show in January 2006.

Business Tel: 020 7219 3000

Email: george.galloway.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Foreign Affairs,Law & Order,Human Rights

Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament)

Ms Rebecca Taylor MEP (Liberal Democrat)

MEP Since - 2012 Born - 10/08/1975.
Education - Robinwood and Todmorden High schools. University of Sheffield. University of Leeds (BA in Japanese and Management Studies). University of Kent (MA in International Relations). King’s College London (MA in Public Health).
Previous Occupation - Public affairs assistant, Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association Europe (1998-2000). Web Editor/Journalist, IMS Health, Brussels, Belgium (2000-2001). Information and communications officer, Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union, Brussels, Belgium (2002-2005). External Communications Manager at the International Federation of Animal Health (IFAH and IFAH-Europe), Brussels, Belgium (2005-2006). Consultant, Food, Health and Retail team at Fleishman-Hillard, Brussels, Belgium (2006-2009). Stakeholder Relations Manager, NHS Commissioning Support for London, London, UK (2009-2010). Senior Researcher at the International Longevity Centre - UK, London, UK (2010-2011). Account Director in the Healthcare team at Hanover Communications, London, UK (2011-2012).

Personal Overview - Replaced former MEP Diana Wallis in this seat in 2012 after she decided to stand down. Her family background stems from Todmorden in West Yorkshire where both her parents were former Mayors. She has a career background working in public affairs/communications both in the UK and in Brussels, as well as working in the health sector helping patients to improve NHS services. Politically, she is a third generation Liberal Party member and has shown a particular interest in public health issues. Her main areas of interest being malnutrition, childhood obesity, older people’s health, vaccination, and health inequalities. She has also been involved in health policy research as well as helping health sector organisations with their communications.

Political History - Local Party Executive member (2002-2005) and local Party Chair (2006-2008) of the Brussels and Europe Liberal Democrats. Liberal Democrat member (2002-). European parliamentary candidate for the Yorkshire and Humber region (2009). General Election candidate for Rotherham (2010). MEP Yorkshire & The Humber Region (2012-). Substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (2012-). Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (2012-).

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Business Tel: +32 (0)2 28 45201

Email: rebecca.taylor@europarl.europa.eu

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Interests: Environment,Economic Regeneration,Public Health,Health & Safety,Employment,Youth Issues

Commitee membership

• Legal Affairs (Member)
• Environment, Public Health & Food Safety (Substitute)

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