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| − | [[Jim Fitzpatrick]] has been the Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse since 2010. He was previously MP for Poplar and Canning Town from 1997 to 2010. | + | [[Jim Fitzpatrick]] has been the Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse since 2010. He was previously MP for Poplar and Canning Town from 1997 to 2010. In the 2015 election, Fitzpatrick retained his seat with a majority of 16,924 and 59% of the vote. |
Fitzpatrick was appointed a shadow transport minister in 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jim-fitzpatrick/197 Jim Fitzpatrick], www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.</ref> He resigned from this position in August 2013, in order to vote against a Labour amendment to a Government motion on Syria in the House of Commons, stating he was "opposed to military intervention in Syria, full stop".<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/29/labour-syria-resigns-jim-fitzpatrick Labour frontbencher opposed to Syria military action 'full stop' resigns], theguardian.com, 29 August 2013.</ref> | Fitzpatrick was appointed a shadow transport minister in 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jim-fitzpatrick/197 Jim Fitzpatrick], www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.</ref> He resigned from this position in August 2013, in order to vote against a Labour amendment to a Government motion on Syria in the House of Commons, stating he was "opposed to military intervention in Syria, full stop".<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/29/labour-syria-resigns-jim-fitzpatrick Labour frontbencher opposed to Syria military action 'full stop' resigns], theguardian.com, 29 August 2013.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 12 May 2015
Jim Fitzpatrick has been the Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse since 2010. He was previously MP for Poplar and Canning Town from 1997 to 2010. In the 2015 election, Fitzpatrick retained his seat with a majority of 16,924 and 59% of the vote.
Fitzpatrick was appointed a shadow transport minister in 2010.[1] He resigned from this position in August 2013, in order to vote against a Labour amendment to a Government motion on Syria in the House of Commons, stating he was "opposed to military intervention in Syria, full stop".[2]
He is a former Labour minister for Defra.
Affiliations
- All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas - is a member of this APPG
- Student Rights - a project of the Henry Jackson Society[3]
Notes
- ↑ Jim Fitzpatrick, www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Labour frontbencher opposed to Syria military action 'full stop' resigns, theguardian.com, 29 August 2013.
- ↑ About Us, Student Rights, 26 May 2014
