Chris Mole
Chris Mole | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Jim Fitzpatrick |
Succeeded by | Mike Penning |
Assistant Government Whip | |
In office 6 October 2008 – 5 June 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Chief Whip | Nick Brown |
Member of Parliament for Ipswich | |
In office 22 November 2001 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Jamie Cann |
Succeeded by | Ben Gummer |
Leader of Suffolk County Council | |
In office May 1993 – 22 November 2001 | |
Preceded by | Christopher Penn |
Succeeded by | Jane Hore |
Suffolk County Councillor for Ipswich Town | |
In office 4 May 1989 – 22 November 2001 | |
Preceded by | J Cusack |
Succeeded by | Kevan Lim |
Suffolk County Councillor for St. Clements | |
In office 2 May 1985 – 4 May 1989 | |
Preceded by | M Pluke |
Succeeded by | B Chaplin |
Personal details | |
Born | Bromley, Kent | 16 March 1958
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Shona Gibb |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Kent |
Christopher David Mole (born 16 March 1958) is a
Early life
Mole attended
He was first elected to Suffolk County Council in 1985 and represented a central Ipswich division for 18 years. He was Deputy Chair of EEDA, the regional development agency for the East of England, from 1998 and was Leader of Suffolk County Council from 1993, named Council of the Year 2001, until his election as Member of Parliament. He was a governor of Handford Hall Primary School, Ipswich.
Parliamentary career
In the 2001 parliament, Mole served as a member of the Select Committee that scrutinised the work of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Deregulation and Regulatory Affairs Select Committee and the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. He steered his
Mole was appointed in June 2005 to the position of
In October 2008 he was made an Assistant Whip in the Labour government and acted as Assistant Regional Minister with
In November 2008, he wrote a "strongly worded" letter to BBC Director-General Mark Thompson, demanding that Clarkson be sacked hen he joked about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes.[4]
Personal life
He lives in East Ipswich with his wife Shona (née Gibb), a systems analyst for BT in Ipswich, and their two sons Edward (born 1991) and Thomas (born 1994).
Since leaving the House of Commons in 2010, Chris has volunteered at the Ipswich and Suffolk Credit Union, becoming their general manager in June 2011.
References
- ^ "Cambridge University Library annual report for the year 2003–2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ^ "Blair hit by wave of resignations". 6 September 2006 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Chris Mole, former MP, Ipswich". TheyWorkForYou.
- ^ Staff writer (6 November 2008). "MP calls for Clarkson to lose job", BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 November 2008.