Fraser Kemp
Fraser Kemp | |
|---|---|
Assistant Whip | |
| In office 12 June 2001 – 11 May 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Member of Parliament for Houghton and Washington East | |
| In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Roland Boyes |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1958 Washington, County Durham |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Fraser Kemp (born 1 September 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Houghton and Washington East from 1997 to 2010, and previously a full-time employee of the Labour Party.
Early life
He attended Biddick Primary School and
Kemp started work in the civil service in 1975 and was active in the
Appointed as
He came to prominence as the election agent responsible for the two of the biggest swings to the Labour Party in history, at the Mid Staffordshire by-election in 1990, largely fought on the question of the Poll Tax, and an even bigger swing at the Dudley West by-election in 1994,not long after Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party.
Kemp was then posted to party headquarters in Millbank Tower, London, and became General Election Co-ordinator in 1994. He held this post until being selected as Labour candidate for Houghton and Washington East, the constituency where he grew up, in 1996.
In 2001, Kemp unsuccessfully auditioned to be presenter of quiz show The Chair.
Parliamentary career
In 2001, Kemp was appointed to the Government
Kemp retired at the 2010 general election, when his constituency disappeared in boundary changes.
Personal life
Kemp married Patricia Mary Byrne in 1989. They have two sons and a daughter.