Paddy Tipping
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Simon Patrick Tipping (born 24 October 1949, Halifax) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Party member of Parliament for Sherwood in Nottinghamshire, and was first elected in 1992.
He has worked in a number of junior government positions starting out as PPS to Jack Straw while he was home secretary (1997 - 1999). He then moved on to being a Junior minister at the Privy Council office (1999 - 2001), and then Chairman of the sub-committee on environment, food and rural affairs (2001 - 2005). After a short period on the back benches, he has returned to being PPS for Jack Straw.
Recent areas of his political activity include (in no particular order) energy and carbon emissions, local planning issues, public sector pensions, rights of access for walkers and compensation for ex-miners with health problems.
He is Vice-President of the Ramblers Association.
[edit] External links
- ePolitix — Paddy Tipping official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics — Ask Aristotle: Paddy Tipping MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com — Paddy Tipping MP
- Paddy Tipping is my MP — Blog tracking the activities of Paddy Tipping, the MP for Sherwood.
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