| Evan Harris MP | |
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Member of Parliament
for Oxford West and Abingdon |
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| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Patten |
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| Born | 21 October 1965 Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Evan Leslie Harris MB ChB MP (born 21 October 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Oxford West and Abingdon is a County 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 John Haggitt Charles Patten Baron Patten, PC (born July 17, 1945) was a Conservative party Member of Parliament in the British Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Divisions and environs South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster 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 Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located at the southern end of Parks Road Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. 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 Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the He is the Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Oxford West and Abingdon is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Education and professional career
Evan Harris was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, the son of South African Jewish parents (his father was a medical professor), and brought up in Liverpool, where he attended the Blue Coat School. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Divisions and environs South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The Liverpool Blue Coat School in Wavertree, Liverpool, England, was founded in 1708 by Mr Bryan Blundell and Rev He went on to Wadham College, Oxford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in physiology and a diploma in medical sociology. Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located at the southern end of Parks Road Physiology (from Greek grc φύσις physis, "nature origin" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of the mechanical physical A diploma (from Greek δίπλωµα diploma, meaning "folded paper" is a Certificate or Deed issued by an educational institution Medical sociology is the study of individual and group behaviors with respect to health and illness He completed his education at the Oxford Medical School where he received a Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery and qualified as a doctor. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, or in Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus et Baccalaureus Chirurgiae (abbreviated MB BChir, BM BCh, A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health He also won a Harvard-Westlake School high school scholarship in 1984. Harvard-Westlake School is an independent Co-educational university preparatory day school consisting of two campuses located in Los Angeles, California He began his career at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in 1991 as a House Officer, he left the Royal Liverpool in 1992 and took up the same position at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, becoming a senior house officer in 1992. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is a large Teaching hospital in Liverpool, England. The John Radcliffe Hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, England. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, A senior house officer (SHO is a doctor undergoing specialist training in the United Kingdom National Health Service. In 1994 he became a registrar in public health with the Oxfordshire Health Authority where he remained until his election to parliament. NHS Strategic Health Authorities (SHA are part of the structure of the National Health Service in England.
Political career
He joined the Social Democratic Party in 1985, joining the newly formed Liberal Democrats in 1988. This is about the UK Social Democratic Party which existed between 1981 and 1988 He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election for Oxford West and Abingdon following the retirement of the sitting Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister John Patten. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Results The election was fought under new boundaries with a net increase of eight seats compared to the 1992 election Oxford West and Abingdon is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. John Haggitt Charles Patten Baron Patten, PC (born July 17, 1945) was a Conservative party Member of Parliament in the British Harris gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats with a majority of 6,285 and has remained the MP there since, making his maiden speech on May 21, 1997. A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly- elected members of a Legislature or Parliament. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar [1]
In parliament, he was made a frontbench spokesman on health by Paddy Ashdown in 1997, and was moved under the new leadership of Charles Kennedy in 1999 to become a spokesman on education. In many Parliaments and other similar assemblies seating is typically arranged in banks or rows with each Political party or Caucus grouped together The Department of Health (DH is a department of the United Kingdom government but with responsibility for government policy for England alone on Health Jeremy John Durham Ashdown Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC, (born 27 February 1941 commonly known as Paddy Ashdown, is a Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959 is a British politician. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES was a United Kingdom government department between 2001 and 2007 He was promoted to the Liberal Democrat shadow cabinet following the 2001 General Election as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Health, but stood down to care for his girlfriend Liz O'Hara who had been diagnosed with Glioblastoma multiforme in 2003,[2] returning to the frontbench as the spokesman on science since the 2005 General Election. The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health. Glioblastoma multiforme ( GBM) is the most common and most aggressive type of primary Brain Tumor, accounting for 52% of all primary brain tumor Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general He was a member of the education and employment select committee for two years from 1999 and has been a member of the science and technology committee since 2003 and a member of the human rights committee since 2005. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES was a United Kingdom government department between 2001 and 2007 See also Committee A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled
Harris is strongly pro-choice and has been highly criticised by pro-life and Church leaders for this and his support of euthanasia. He has spoken in support of experimentation on animals carried out at Oxford University, which is mostly based in his constituency, most recently Pro-Test's Oxford march in February 2008. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Pro-Test is a British group that promotes and supports Animal testing in Medical research.
Personal life
He has been a member of the British Medical Association since 1992 and has been honorary president of Delga,[1] the Liberal Democrats' LGBT group since 2000 and a vice-president of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA). History The BMA founded in 1832 by Charles Hastings was originally known as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association (PMSA the first meeting of which was held in the boardroom DELGA is the LGBT organisation of the British Liberal Democrats political party the full name being Liberal LGBT (also GLBT) is an initialism referring collectively to Lesbian, Gay, bisexual, and Transgender / transsexual The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association ( GALHA) is a Humanist campaigning organisation that represents the many non-religious in the Lesbian and Gay He serves on many all party groups and is the chairman of the all party kidney group, vice chairman of the groups on refugees, malaria, AIDS, heart disease, lupus, brain tumours, and is the treasurer of the groups on Israel and Council of Christians and Jews. Systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE or lupus,) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can be fatal though with recent medical advances fatalities are becoming There has been significant progress in the reconciliation between Christianity and Judaism in recent years He is an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society,[1] and the Patron of the Oxford Secular Society. The National Secular Society is a British campaigning organisation which promotes Secularism, the separation of Church and State to make society fair for everyone He is divorced and speaks French and Spanish. In 2000 he took part in the HIV vaccine trials. An HIV vaccine is a hypothetical Vaccine against HIV, the etiological agent of AIDS. [3] Evan Harris is a Patron of Oxford Pride. His favourite film is Back To The Future[2]. Back to the Future is a 1985 science fiction Comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg.
References
External links
- Dr Evan Harris MP official site
- Evan Harris MP profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Evan Harris MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Evan Harris MP
- The Public Whip - Evan Harris voting record
- BBC News - Evan Harris profile 30 March 2006
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by John Patten |
Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon 1997 – present |
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