Roger Berry
Roger Berry | |
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Member of Parliament for Kingswood | |
In office 9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Robert Hayward |
Succeeded by | Chris Skidmore |
Personal details | |
Born | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England | 4 July 1948
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Alison Delyth |
Relations | Ruth Berry (Mother) |
Alma mater | University of Bristol University of Sussex |
Roger Leslie Berry (born 4 July 1948) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswood from the 1992 general election until his defeat at the 2010 general election.
Early life
Roger Berry was born in 1948 in Huddersfield and educated at the Dalton County Primary School in Huddersfield; Huddersfield New College; the University of Bristol, where he obtained a BSc in Economics in 1970; and the University of Sussex where he was awarded a DPhil in Economics in 1977.[1] Berry lectured in Economics at the
Parliamentary career
Berry contested Weston-super-Mare at the 1983 general election but was defeated by Jerry Wiggin. Berry also unsuccessfully fought the seat of Bristol for the European Parliament in 1984.
Berry was selected to contest the marginal seat of Kingswood at the
Berry was a frequent "rebel" against the Labour government after 1997. He was a Member of the
In December 2007 Berry added his name to a petition to save the threatened Cadbury's Somerdale Factory from demolition.[3]
Early on in his parliamentary career, Berry became known as a
Berry lost his seat to
After losing his seat, Berry became a trustee of the charity Disability Rights UK[4] and served as chair of the Avon and Bristol Law Centre.
Personal life
He married Alison Delyth in December 1996 in Pontypridd.
References
- ^ "Roger Berry MP – Biography". Archived from the original on 17 June 2008.
- ^ "Watchdog chief warns Saudi arms probe 'must be re-opened'". Evening Standard. 17 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Save Our Somerdale". Thinking Differently Ltd. 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008.
- ^ a b "Trustees". Disability Rights UK. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Election 2010-Constituency:Kingswood". BBC. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Roger Berry ousted in Kingswood in huge vote swing to Tories | Bath News". This is Bath. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
External links
- Website of Roger Berry MP
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Roger Berry
- Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Roger Berry MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com – Roger Berry MP
- The Public Whip – Roger Berry MP voting record
- BBC Politics page