Brian Iddon

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Brian Iddon (born 5 July 1940) is the Labour member of Parliament for Bolton South East.

Born in Tarleton, Lancashire and attended the village's Church of England Primary School, Christ Church Boys' School, Southport and the Southport Technical College. He went on to study at the University of Hull where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry in 1961 and a PhD in Organic chemistry in 1964. Later in 1981, he was awarded a DSc for his work in Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry.

He joined the staff of Durham University as a temporary organic chemistry lecturer in 1964 before becoming a demonstrator in organic chemistry in 1965. In 1966 he became an organic chemistry lecturer at the University of Salford until he became a senior lecturer at the university in 1978. In 1986 he became a reader and left the university on his election to parliament in 1997.

From 1976 until 1998 he served on the Bolton Borough Council. He was first returned to Parliament in the 1997 election as the MP for Bolton South East following the retirement of David Young. He was first elected with a majority of 21,311, and has been returned as an MP since. He served on the Environmental Audit United Kingdom from 1997 until 2001 and has been a member of the science and technology commitee since. He also known as a campaigner for the legalisation of cannabis. He has announced he will be standing down at the next general election.[1]

He married Merrilyn Muncaster in 1965 and they had two daughters before they divorced in 1989, in 1995 he later married Eileen Harrison.

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Radiation Chemistry of Aqueous Solutions of Indole and its Derivatives by B Iddon, GO Phillips, KE Robbins, JV Davies (University of Salford, 1971)
Radiation Sterilization of Pharmaceuticals and Biomedical Products by R Blackburn, B Iddon, JS Moore, GO Phillips, DM Power, TW Woodward (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1975)
The Magic of Chemistry by Brian Iddon (BDH, 1985) ISBN 9050043966
Bromine Compounds: Chemistry and Applications Edited by D.Price, B. Iddon and B.J. Wakefield (Elsevier, 1998) ISBN 0444429827
What Is Science Education For? By David Perks, R Sykes, M Reiss, S Singh, Mary Warnock. A Hunt, E Forster, B Iddon, H Teare, G Lawless and Tony Gilland (Academy of Ideas Ltd, 2006) ISBN 1904025056