Simon Danczuk
Simon Danczuk has been the Labour Party MP for Rochdale since 2010. Danczuk was successfully re-elected in May 2015 with a majority of 12,442.
He is also the parliamentary private secretary to shadow business secretary Chuka Umuna. [1]
Recently Danczuk's loyalty to Labour came under fire, when he visited a pub with Nigel Farage. In response to this news, Danczuk said he was “solidly Labour” and was definitely not about to join Farage’s party. [2]
In 2014 Danczuk backed Labour leader Ed Miliband's call to impose a ban on MPs holding outside directorships and consultancies and a cap on outside earnings of around £10,000. [3]
Danczuk's backing came despite revelations that he earned almost £20,000 from the media and the publishers of his book about Cyril Smith between July and December 2014. [3]
Background
Before entering parliament Danczuk worked in a social research company based in Manchester that he co-founded in 1999 called Urban Visions Limited, and prior to this he worked as a researcher for The Big Issue in the North.
Danczuk also founded The Necessary Group, which is a campaign group of businessmen and politicians.
Education
He studied Economic Sociology and Politics as a mature student at Lancaster University [4]
Notes
- ↑ Simon Danczuk politics.co.uk, accessed 2 March 2015
- ↑ Simon Danczuk says he is ‘solidly Labour’ amid Ukip rumours The Guardian, 21 December 2014, accessed 2 March 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Simon Danczuk backs Ed Miliband's call for a crackdown on MPs outside earnings Rochdale Online, 26 February 2015, accessed 2 March 2015
- ↑ Simon Danczuk, MP Debretts, accessed 2 March 2015
