| Dan Norris MP | |
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Member of Parliament
for Wansdyke |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Aspinwall |
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| Majority | 1,839 |
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| Born | 28 January 1960 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Residence | Near Pensford, North East Somerset |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex |
| Occupation | MP |
| Profession | Former Teacher / Child Protection Officer |
| Website | http://www.dannorris.org.uk/ |
Dan Norris (born January 28, 1960, London) is the Labour Member of Parliament for Wansdyke in England. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Wansdyke is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Jack Heywood Aspinwall (born February 1933 is a British politician Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Pensford ( is a village in the Civil parish of Publow and Pensford in Bath and North East Somerset, England. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of Sussex is a British Campus university which is situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, and is from Brighton Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Wansdyke is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
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Early life
Dan Norris comes from a North East Somerset coal mining family. The Somerset coalfield included pits in the north Somerset, England, area where Coal was mined from the 15th century until 1973 As a young child Dan lived with his grandparents where he witnessed his grandfather suffering a slow and painful death from lung disease contracted underground. lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive This experience profoundly shaped Dan's politics. As North East Somerset's MP, he has actively sought health compensation for the area's former miners and their families with over three million pounds being paid out to date - the highest figure in the West of England.
Dan Norris attended the University of Sussex, where he read a Master's in Social Work (MSW) obtaining the highest mark in his year. The University of Sussex is a British Campus university which is situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, and is from Brighton Dan is a former teacher and child protection officer having trained with the NSPCC. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NSPCC) is a UK charity campaigning and working in child protection He has a particular interest in child safety and takes a tough line against paedophiles. The term pedophilia or paedophilia has a range of definitions as found in Psychology, law enforcement and the popular vernacular He strongly supports moves which give parents and carers the right to access appropriate information about those convicted of harming children. He has co-written and helped to distribute to tens of thousands of parents a free booklet on preventing child sexual abuse. Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual acts by one person upon another He also co-wrote and produced a booklet aimed at giving practical advice about self-defence against bullies. The booklet, entitled A Kick in the Bullies, contains diagrams of the best martial arts moves to use when faced with various bullying techniques. [1] Over half-a-million copies of his anti-bullying booklet have been distributed across the United Kingdom and requests for his popular booklets from schools and the public are high. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Dan Norris' work in child protection have been recognised by his 'Children's Charity Champion' award.
Dan Norris is a long-standing Freedom of Information campaigner. In the early 1990s he held public meetings in Keynsham and Radstock so that North East Somerset people could check and see if their names were on the Economic League (UK) blacklist which barred them from employment. Keynsham (ˈkeɪnʃm is a Town between Bristol and Bath in south-west England. Radstock is a town in Bath and North East Somerset, England, south west of Bath, and the same distance north west of Frome. The Economic League was an organisation in the United Kingdom dedicated to opposing what they saw as subversion and action against Free enterprise. This public revealing of blacklisted names helped see the Economic League UK being wound up in 1993.
Despite Norris's claims that he is a keen fighter for freedom of information, he has voted against 9 out of 14 parliamentary investigations or inquiries into the Iraq war since 4th June 2003. For the other 5, Norris was either absent or he abstained. [2]
Since becoming an MP Dan Norris has not changed his view about being as open as is reasonably possible. He was the only MP of any political party in the whole of the West Country (and one of just 25 out of all the United Kingdom's 646 MPs) who voted for Freedom of Information laws to apply to MPs' allowances at the crucial Third Reading vote on this key issue on 18 May 2007. The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region
He was a councillor on Bristol City Council from 1989-92 / 1995-97 and Avon County Council from 1994-96. The city of Bristol, England, is a Unitary authority, represented by four Members of Parliament. The former County of Avon was a non-metropolitan county and ceremonial county in the west of England, named after the River Avon, which [3] Dan Norris' predecessor in this seat was Jack Aspinwall. Jack Heywood Aspinwall (born February 1933 is a British politician He is a member of the GMB Union. Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The GMB is a general Trade union in the United Kingdom [4]
Parliamentary career
He contested the seat in 1992, and Northavon in 1987. Northavon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He has been an MP since the 1997 election, and took a traditionally safe Tory seat by 4,799 votes (overturning the Tory 11,770 vote majority in the 1992 election). Results The election was fought under new boundaries with a net increase of eight seats compared to the 1992 election The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. [5] He was an assistant whip from 2001 to 2003. Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. In July 2007 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, David Miliband. A Parliamentary Private Secretary ( PPS) is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP by a senior minister in government or shadow The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a member of the United Kingdom Government heading the David Wright Miliband He previously held a similar role in support of then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the chief minister in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland Peter Gerald Hain (born 16 February 1950, Nairobi, Kenya) is a British Labour Party Politician who has He currently has the only Labour seat in Somerset. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county
Despite his success in the 1997 general election, and his increased majority in 2001 (from 4,799 to 5,613), the 2005 election saw Norris' lead over the Conservatives fall to 1,839. Due to boundary changes, which will apply at the next general election, Norris may find it hard to hold his seat in the newly formed 'North East Somerset' because of a Conservative resurgence (shown in the May 2007 bi-elections) and the addition of traditionally Tory 'hotspots' that were before part of the 'Bath' constituency. Boundaries The constituency covers the part of Bath and North East Somerset that is not in the Bath constituency. Bath is a Constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This would be a great shame for Norris because he would have a large chance of finding a cabinet job under Gordon Brown's likely successor, David Miliband - because Norris has worked as Miliband's parliamentary private secretary since July 2007.
During the parliamentary year of 2006/07, Norris was serving as a backbench MP. Despite this he had the 4th highest expenditure, for any Member of Parliament, at the taxpayers' expense. In total, Norris spent £172,733: £20,558 was spent on stationary and £ 22,110 was spent on "Additional costs Allowance". [6]
As a backbencher, prior to taking on a PPS role in June 2006, Dan Norris had the highest voting record in the current Parliament of any MP - supposedly attending 97% of all votes. Dan Norris' voting records show that he is in favour of: crime reduction measures that have somewhat seen overall crime in the UK fall; a tougher line being taken against paedophiles; the smoking ban; the introduction of ID cards, rather than a UK Border police force; introducing additional GP hours to allow patient access during evenings and at weekends, patient choice of hospital, and cutting NHS waiting list times; introducing foundation hospitals; student top-up fees; anti-terrorism laws and tougher migration controls; the Iraq war; replacing trident; the hunting ban and animal welfare measures; and an individual's equal rights irrespective of their sexuality, therefore putting the controversial liberties of the homosexual community before long established and well respected religions - for example Islam and the Catholic church.
Bibliography
- Violence Against Social Workers: The Implications for Practice, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1989 (with Carol Kedward).
References
- ^ Council's irresponsible and dangerous approach to bullying slammed by child campaigning West MP. Kidscape (2005-11-23). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
- ^ Dan Norris compared to "Iraq Investigation - Necessary". The Public Whip. Retrieved on 2008-05-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of
- ^ White, Michael (2000-12-28). 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Labour roots in a rural Tory setting. Special report: elections 2000. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
- ^ GMB MP's. GMB Union. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
- ^ White, Michael (2000-12-28). 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Labour roots in a rural Tory setting. Special report: elections 2000. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
- ^ Dan Norris MP. They work for you. Retrieved on 2008-05-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of
External links
- Dan Norris official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Dan Norris MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Dan Norris MP
- Voting record at the Public Whip
- BBC Politics page
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Jack Aspinwall |
Member of Parliament for Wansdyke 1997 – present |
Incumbent |
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