Gordon Marsden
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| Gordon Marsden MP | |
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Member of Parliament
for Blackpool South |
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| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Nick Hawkins |
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| Born | 28 November 1953 Manchester |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford, Warburg Institute |
Gordon Marsden (born November 28, 1953, Manchester) is a British Labour Party politician and, since 1997, the Member of Parliament for Blackpool South.
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[edit] Early life
Educated at the independent Stockport Grammar School, he went to New College, Oxford, where he got a first-class degree in Modern History. He then went on to postgraduate studies at the Warburg Institute (part of the University of London) and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, being a Kennedy Scholar in Politics and International Relations.
Before entering parliament he had been a tutor for the Open University since 1994 and a PR consultant, as well as a public affairs adviser to English Heritage and, for twelve years, the editor of History Today and New Socialist magazine.
[edit] Parliamentary career
He contested Blackpool South in 1992. He is currently Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Wills at the Ministry of Justice since 28 June 2007. He had previously been a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department (2001-3) and to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2003-5).
He is a member of the Fabian Society, of which he was chairman in 2000-1. In 2003, he was made a Visiting Parliamentary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford.
[edit] Personal life
He is openly gay and lives with his partner Richard.[1][2]
Gordon Marsden splits his time between his flat in Blackpool and his home in Brighton.
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[edit] External links
- Gordon Marsden MP Homepage
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Gordon Marsden MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Gordon Marsden MP
- BBC Politics page
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| Preceded by Nick Hawkins |
Member of Parliament for Blackpool South 1997 – present |
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