Nottinghamshire MPs
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Vernon Coaker MP
| | Vernon Coaker MP
Constituency : Gedling
Political Party : Labour
Majority in 2001 : 5,598
Fact File : The Deputy Headteacher who suddenly found himself in Parliament. Vernon Coaker taught at Bigwood School in Nottingham while serving as both a Parish and Borough councillor. His life changed dramatically in 1997 when he defeated the Conservative Junior Minister Andrew Mitchell to become MP for Gedling. One of his main interests within the Commons is education (although he still finds time to support Tottenham Hotspur)
email : robertsc@parliament.uk
web: www.vernon-coaker-mp.co.uk/
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Alan Simpson MP
| | Alan Simpson MP
Constituency : Nottingham South
Political Party : Labour
Majority in 2001 : 9,989
Fact File : Alan Simpson was brought up in Bootle but studied economics in Nottingham. He worked for the Racial Equality Council for thirteen years during which time he had books published on racism and policing. He set up the pilot project for the Home Office experiment into "non custodial treatment of offenders" which subsequently became a piece of national legislation relating to criminal justice.
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Liz Blackman MP
| | Liz Blackman MP
Constituency : Erewash
Political Party : Labour
Majority in 2001 : 6,932
Fact File : Liz Blackman did not join the Labour Party until she was 39 but her rise through the political ranks since then has been swift. A former head teacher, she joined Broxtowe Borough Council in 1989. By 1995 she was its deputy leader. Two years later she had been elected MP for Erewash. Since then she has campaigned for an inquiry into the licensing of airguns and fought for more lottery money to be given to the East Midlands.
e-mail : richs@parliament.uk
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