Eric Martlew - Citizendia

Eric Martlew MP

Member of Parliament for Carlisle
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 1987
Preceded by	Ronald Lewis
Majority	5,695 (16. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Carlisle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Ronald Howard Lewis ( 16 July 1909 - 18 June 1990) was a British Labour politician 1%)

Born	3 January 1949 (1949-01-03) (age 59) Ince-in-Makerfield, Lancashire
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

Eric Anthony Martlew (born 3 January 1949, Ince-in-Makerfield) is a politician in the United Kingdom. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ince-in-Makerfield, usually known just as Ince is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea 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 Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ince-in-Makerfield, usually known just as Ince is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He is Labour Member of Parliament for Carlisle, and was first elected in 1987. 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. Carlisle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Career

Although born in Lancashire, Martlew grew up in Carlisle. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Carlisle (pronounced CARLYLE(emphasis on the first syllable is a City in northern England the largest settlement in Cumbria. He worked as a technician and personnel manager for Nestle Co. Nestlé is a multinational packaged food company founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland He was a Carlisle Borough Councillor from 1972 to 1974 and a County Councillor on Cumbria County Council from 1973 to 1988, was Chair from 1983 to 1985. Carlisle (pronounced CARLYLE(emphasis on the first syllable is a City in northern England the largest settlement in Cumbria. Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy He also served on the East Cumbria Health Authority from 1975 to 1988.

After entering Parliament in 1987, he served as Opposition defence Spokesman and as an opposition Whip. 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

Since his party came to power in 1997, he has served as PPS to Dr David Clark as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1997-98 and to Baroness Jay of Paddington as Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the Lords and Minister for Women 1998-2001. David George Clark Baron Clark of Windermere PC DL (born 19 October 1939 in Castle Douglas, Scotland is a British Labour Politician The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is in modern times a Sinecure office in the Government of the United Kingdom. Margaret Ann Jay Baroness Jay of Paddington, PC (born November 18, 1939) is a British politician for the Labour Party. The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom ranking beneath the

He is now a prominent member of the Transport Committee. The Transport Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He campaigns vigorously for animal rights and his German Shepherd Dog, Tag, was voted Westminster Dog of the Year in October 2006. The German Shepherd Dog ( GSD) (Deutscher Schäferhund is a breed of large-sized dog that originates from Germany.

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