Keith Ernest Darvill (born May 28, 1948) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 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 a councillor in the London Borough of Havering.
Darvill was educated at Norlington Secondary Modern, Leyton; University of Westminster College of Law; Central London Polytechnic; East Ham Technical College; and Thurrock College of Education. A Secondary Modern School is a type of Secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s under the Tripartite System Leyton is an area of East London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The University of Westminster is a university in London, England, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, which allowed He worked as a solicitor.
Darvill was elected as Labour member of Parliament for Upminster at the 1997, taking it from the Conservatives, and was one of the few Labour MPs to lose their seat at the 2001 to the Conservatives, in the person of Angela Watkinson. 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. Upminster is a Constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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. Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown Angela Eileen Watkinson (born Angela Eileen Ellicott 18 November 1941 Leytonstone) is a politician in the United Kingdom. Darvill stood once again in Upminster, Labour's sixth target, at the May 2005 general election, but failed to regain the seat, as the conservative candidate increased her majority to five times as much as it had been. Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general
Darvill returned to Havering Council following his defeat and is the Equalities Champion. He also stood for the London Assembly and was very narrowly re-elected for his Heaton ward in Havering in the 2006 local elections when Labour was almost wiped out in the borough. The London Assembly is an elected body part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power with a two-thirds Local government elections took place in England (only on Thursday 4 May, 2006. [1] He lives in Upminster. Upminster is a suburban town in the London Borough of Havering, East London.
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| Preceded by Sir Nicholas Bonsor |
Member of Parliament for Upminster 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Angela Watkinson |