Frank Field
Frank Field has been the Labour Party MP for Birkenhead since 1979.[1] He is also a member of the advisory council for the Centre for Social Justice.[2]
Field retained his seat in the 2015 general election, gaining a majority of 20,652 and 70 per cent of the vote. [3]
He was elected co-chair of the Commons select committee on Science and Technology in June 2015. [4]
Anti-abortion campaign
In 2011 Field campaigned with Conservative MP Nadine Dorries and anti-abortion lobbyists to create a counselling service that they hoped would cut UK abortions by 60,000 a year. These views were condemned by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) and Marie Stopes who argued that 'another layer of counselling could cause distress by delaying access to abortions'.[5]
Affiliations
Centre for Social Cohesion - Advisory Council Member | Reform - Advisory Board member | Centre for Social Justice - Advisory Council Member | All-Party Parliamentary Group for European Reform - Former member
Notes
- ↑ Biography, Frank Field - Your MP for Birkenhead, accessed 16 February 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Council, Frank Field, Centre for Social Justice, Accessed 02-September-2012
- ↑ Wirral General Election results 2015: Merseyside's only Tory Esther McVey vows to return to politics after defeat Liverpool Echo, 8 May 2015, accessed 21 May 2015
- ↑ Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced, www.parliament.co.uk, 18 June 2015
- ↑ Polly Curtis, Ministers back anti-abortion lobby reforms, The Guardian, 28-August-2011, Accessed 2-September-2012
