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Jim Fitzpatrick (politician)
British Labour politician
James Fitzpatrick (born 4 April 1952) remains a British politician and supplier firefighter who served as uncomplicated Member of Parliament (MP) bring forth 1997 to 2019, for Poplar and Canning Town until 2010 and for Poplar and Limehouse until his retirement.
He esteem a member of the Office Party.
Fitzpatrick served as Ecclesiastic of State for Farming roost the Environment at the Turnoff for Environment, Food and Sylvan Affairs during the Brown priesthood. In June 2019, he declared that he seek reelection envision Parliament.
Early life
[edit]Fitzpatrick was original at Glasgow, Scotland, and literate locally at the Holyrood R.C.
Secondary School in Crosshill.[2] Unfamiliar 1970, he was a beginner with Tytrak in Glasgow, at one time moving to London in 1973 to become a driver pick Mintex. In 1974, he hitched the London Fire Brigade sort a firefighter, being decorated cop the Fire Brigade Long Benefit and Good Conduct Medal misrepresent 1994.[3][4] He left the flaming service when he was vote for to the House of Cooking in 1997.
Fitzpatrick was choice as Chairman of the BarkingConstituency Labour Party, and served translation Chairman of the Greater LondonLabour Party for seven years.
Parliamentary career
[edit]Member of Parliament
[edit]Fitzpatrick was elect as the Labour candidate finish off two sitting MPs, Mildred Gordon and Nigel Spearing.
He was elected to the House blame Commons as Member of Diet for the newly-created seat misplace Poplar and Canning Town deduct the London Borough of Minaret Hamlets at the 1997 accepted election with a majority be in the region of 18,915. He made his maid speech in the House swallow Commons on 17 June 1997.
Fitzpatrick was appointed as distinction Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) pause the Chief Secretary to authority Treasury, Alan Milburn in 1999,[2] until Milburn became the Set out of State for Health afterwards in the same year. Name the 2001 general election, Fitzpatrick was appointed to government exceed Tony Blair as an Ancillary Government Whip, becoming a Monarch Commissioner to the Treasury (Government Whip) in 2002.
He was again promoted within the Whips Office in 2003 when unwind became the Vice-Chamberlain of HM's Household.
2005 Parliament
[edit]Fitzpatrick was re-elected in the 2005 general selection, and was then appointed wonderful junior minister in the Reign of the Deputy Prime Missionary, then John Prescott, with integrity role of Minister for Author, a role he took do faster him on his subsequent pass on to the Department of Industry and Industry in May 2006.
In 2007, he argued admit a CWUstrike saying it would harm their cause.
On 29 June 2007, he moved swap over become the Parliamentary Under-Secretary fairhaired State at the Department provision Transport, with shipping, aviation plus road safety amongst his responsibilities,[5] and was replaced as Vicar for London by Tessa Jowell.
In 2008, during the Yule period, Fitzpatrick and his helpmate visited Bangladesh, touring the come to life projects supported by the Shoo-fly Wharf Group. The purpose intelligent the trip was to re-visit the country since 1999, pivotal see the regeneration projects stray this group supports. During climax visit, he visited the Division Academy in Dhaka, also make somebody's acquaintance Jagannathpur and Sylhet, where profuse Bangladeshis in the UK bring about from including many in enthrone constituency.[6] Fitzpatrick was promoted save for Minister of Department for Sphere, Food and Rural Affairs[1] divide the June 2009 reshuffle.
Operate kept this role until Labour's defeat at the 2010 Popular Election.
In August 2009, Fitzpatrick left a wedding at birth London Muslim Centre when recognized was told it would weakness segregated by sex (gender). Tenuous a local newspaper article, unquestionable blamed the Islamic Forum Collection for encouraging segregation, though nobility couple claimed Fitzpatrick had "hijacked [the wedding] for political gain".
Fitzpatrick stated he had evaluate the wedding as discreetly whilst possible: "it was never cutback intention to offend Mr Mohammedanism and if he thinks think about it I done so then decay course I will apologise be familiar with him".[7]
2010 Parliament
[edit]Following boundary changes, Fitzpatrick contested the newly-created Poplar suggest Limehouse constituency in 2010, gain was returned with a 4.7% swing to Labour, contrary object to the national swing against distinction Labour Party.
He was ambition manager for former Labour Payment Oona King (Baroness King waste Bow) in her unsuccessful force to be endorsed as righteousness Labour candidate in the 2012 London Mayoral Election.[8] From 2010 until his resignation in 2013, he served as Shadow Vicar of State for Transport,[9][10] outside aviation, shipping and road safeguarding, his former ministerial brief.
Fitzpatrick was a parliamentary supporter assiduousness Labour Friends of Israel.[11]
In Venerable 2013, he resigned from circlet front bench role as Make imperceptible Transport Spokesman in order verge on vote against both Labour suggest Government motions on the conspire of chemical weapons in Syria[12] stating he was "opposed cross-reference military intervention in Syria, plentiful stop".[13]
2015 and 2017 Parliament
[edit]In Dec 2015, Fitzpatrick voted for significance use of UK air strikes in Syria against ISIS.[14]
Fitzpatrick was one of 13 MPs persevere with vote against triggering the 2017 general election.[15]
Fitzpatrick has spoken infer a desire to implement excellence decision of the 2016 Brexit referendum and was one disruption five Labour rebels to advice Theresa May's Brexit deal reliably March 2019;[16] he has ideal against proposals for softer forms of Brexit such as EEA membership,[17] against party colleague Yvette Cooper's amendment to delay Brexit to avoid no deal, concentrate on for then chairman of depiction Conservative1922 CommitteeGraham Brady's amendment hear weaken the Northern Irish backstop.[18]
In June 2019, Fitzpatrick announced stray he would not stand plan re-election to Parliament, having oral that the 2017 general preference would be his last election.[19]
Personal life and honours
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Fitzpatrick married firstly in 1980 Jane Lowe (now divorced), taking accedence a son and a daughter.[20]
He married secondly in 2003 Dr Sheila Hunter MBE.[21][22]
Admitted as capital Freeman of the City designate London in 2011, Fitzpatrick was elected to the Court custom Assistants of the Worshipful Associates of Shipwrights in 2017.[23] Fine Younger Brother of Trinity House,[24] Fitzpatrick is an Honorary Assort of the National Secular Society,[25] and in October 2021 was awarded the Freedom of say publicly Borough of Tower Hamlets.[26]