 Nottinghamshire MPs
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Graham Allen MP
| | Graham Allen MP
Constituency : Nottingham North
Political Party : Labour
Majority in 2001 : 12,240
Fact File : Joined the party at the age of 18 in 1971. His grandfather was a founding member of the Nottingham Labour Party. After University, Graham's early political career was with the GLC in London. He was elected Nottingham North MP in 1987. Has been shadow minister on Social Security, Home Affairs, National Heritage, Transport and Environment. Since Labour came to power he has been Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (a nice term for a Government whip).
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Geoff Hoon
| | Geoff Hoon MP
Constituency : Ashfield
Political Party : Labour
Majority in 2001 : 13,268
Fact File : Born in Derby and educated in Nottingham, Geoff Hoon worked in a furniture factory before studying law at Cambridge. A former university lecturer and barrister, he became an MEP for Derbyshire in 1984. Since 1992 he has been MP for Ashfield. After a stint as foreign office minister, he was appointed Secretary of State for Defence in October 1999.
e-mail: CONTACT@geof-hoon-mp.new.labour.org.uk
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Paddy Tipping MP
| | Paddy Tipping MP
Constituency : Sherwood
Political Party : Labour
Majority in 2001 : 9,373
Fact File : A social worker before becoming a Nottinghamshire county councillor in 1981.He failed to win the Rushcliffe Parliamentary seat in 1987 but did take Sherwood from the Conservatives in 1992. A former private secretary to Jack Straw MP, he became deputy leader of the House of Commons in 1999. Among his other positions, Paddy is vice president of the National Ramblers Association.
e-mail: p.tipping@dial.pipex.com
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