David Jamieson

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David Charles Jamieson (born 18 May 1947) is a British politician, formerly the Labour Party MP for the Plymouth Devonport constituency. He was first elected at the 1992 general election and retained his seat until stepping down at the 2005 general election and was succeeded by Alison Seabeck on 14 April 2005.

Born in Solihull, England, he was educated at Tudor Grange Grammar school, and later at St. Peter's College in Saltley, near Birmingham. Before becoming an MP, he was a teacher and later a head of Mathematics between 1970 and 1981, before becoming the senior vice principal of John Kitto Community College, in Plymouth between 1981 and 1992.

He served as a government whip in 1997 before becoming the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport in late 2001, until the 14 May 2005.

Jamieson now works as a consultant for Golden Arrow Communications, which represents transport companies such as Hutchinson Ports, National Express and GNER.

He is married and has one daughter and two sons.

[edit] Notable Quote

If there is a glaring gap in this House, it is the absence of trained scientists to grace our Benches.
(From his maiden speech).

[edit] Trivia

During an interview for ITV, Jamieson introduced his position in Parliament. Right as he said, "... and I am the minister for road safety," a pedestrian was knocked over (but not killed) by a bus, directly behind him, lending an ironic twist to the interview.