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Watson resigned from the Shadow Cabinet on 4 July 2013 amid recrimination within the Labour party over a suspended selection in the Falkirk constituency.<ref>[http://blogs.channel4.com/michael-crick-on-politics/crick-on-watsons-dna/2716#site-footer Crick on Watson’s DNA], Channel 4 News, 4 July 2013.</ref> | Watson resigned from the Shadow Cabinet on 4 July 2013 amid recrimination within the Labour party over a suspended selection in the Falkirk constituency.<ref>[http://blogs.channel4.com/michael-crick-on-politics/crick-on-watsons-dna/2716#site-footer Crick on Watson’s DNA], Channel 4 News, 4 July 2013.</ref> | ||
| − | In the 2015 general election, Watson was re-elected with a majority of 9,470. <ref> [http://www. | + | In the 2015 general election, Watson was re-elected with a majority of 9,470. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/tom-watson/1463 Tom Watson] ''parliament.uk'', accessed 12 November 2015 </ref> |
On 12 September 2015 Watson beat other promising candidates such as [[Stella Creasy]] and [[Angela Eagle]] to claim the deputy leadership of the party, breaching the 50 per cent threshold in the third round of voting. <Ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34241395 Who's who in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet] BBC News, Accessed 16 September 2015 </ref> | On 12 September 2015 Watson beat other promising candidates such as [[Stella Creasy]] and [[Angela Eagle]] to claim the deputy leadership of the party, breaching the 50 per cent threshold in the third round of voting. <Ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34241395 Who's who in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet] BBC News, Accessed 16 September 2015 </ref> | ||
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| + | *[[All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/furniture-industry.htm 'Furniture Industry APPG'],''parliament.uk'', accessed 11 November 2015</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:26, 12 November 2015
Tom Watson is the MP for West Bromwich East and the former deputy chair of the Labour Party.[1]
Watson resigned from the Shadow Cabinet on 4 July 2013 amid recrimination within the Labour party over a suspended selection in the Falkirk constituency.[2]
In the 2015 general election, Watson was re-elected with a majority of 9,470. [3]
On 12 September 2015 Watson beat other promising candidates such as Stella Creasy and Angela Eagle to claim the deputy leadership of the party, breaching the 50 per cent threshold in the third round of voting. [4]
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Notes
- ↑ Mr Tom Watson, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.
- ↑ Crick on Watson’s DNA, Channel 4 News, 4 July 2013.
- ↑ Tom Watson parliament.uk, accessed 12 November 2015
- ↑ Who's who in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet BBC News, Accessed 16 September 2015
- ↑ 'Furniture Industry APPG',parliament.uk, accessed 11 November 2015
