Malcolm Wicks

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
Malcolm Wicks
In office
1992 – 1997
Preceded by Humfrey Malins
Succeeded by seat abolished
Born 1 July 1947
Hatfield, England
Constituency Croydon North West
In office
1997 – present
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Incumbent
Constituency Croydon North
Political party Labour Party
Spouse Margaret Wicks

Malcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947, Hatfield) is Labour member of Parliament for Croydon North and Minister of State for Science.

Contents

[edit] Early life and Education

Wicks was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire to Arthur Wicks, a Labour member of the London County Council and later Greater London Council, and the late Daisy Wicks. He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, North West London Polytechnic and the London School of Economics.

[edit] Early Career

Wicks worked in the Urban Deprivation Unit of the Home Office, and was a lecturer in Social Administration at Brunel University. He was later Director of the Family Policy Studies Centre. He has been the author and co-author of many publications, including a work on hypothermia, Old and Cold: hypothermia and social policy. He was involved in politics in Croydon, chairing his local Constituency Labour Party and standing for election to Croydon Council before his election to parliament.

[edit] Parliamentary Career

He was first elected in 1992 for Croydon North West after having previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1987.

Wicks' Private Member's Bill reached the statute books, becoming the Carers (Recognition & Services) Act 1995, recognising the needs of family carers.

He was Chairman of the Education Select Committee from 1998 until his July 1999 appointment as Minister for Lifelong Learning in the Department for Education and Employment. Following that he was Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions between July 2001 and May 2005, when he was appointed as Minister for Energy at the Department of Trade and Industry in the post-election Cabinet reshuffle. In a mini-reshuffle on 10 November 2006 Wicks was appointed as Minister for Science.

He married Margaret Baron in 1968 and has three children.

[edit] External links

Article by Malcolm Wicks

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by:
Humfrey Malins		 Member of Parliament for Croydon North West
1992–1997		 Succeeded by:
(Constituency abolished)
Preceded by:
(New constituency)		 Member of Parliament for Croydon North
1997 – present		 Incumbent
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../m/a/l/Malcolm_Wicks_8508.html"
In other languages