David Wright MP | |
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Member of Parliament for Telford |
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Incumbent | |
Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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Preceded by | Bruce Grocott |
Majority | 981 (2.4%) |
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Born | 22 December 1966 Telford, Shropshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Wolverhampton |
Website | www.davidwrightmp.org.uk |
David Wright (born 22 December 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Telford since 2001. He was an assistant government whip from June 2009 to May 2010.
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He went to Wrockwardine Wood Comprehensive School on New Road in Telford then New College, Telford. He graduated from Wolverhampton Polytechnic with a degree in Humanities. He worked in the regeneration of Sandwell for thirteen years.
He married Lesley in 1990.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Wright was a Town Councillor in Oakengates 1989-2000 and a Wrekin District Councillor from 1989-97. He was elected Member of Parliament for Telford in the 2001 general election. In June 2009 he became a government whip.
On 15 February 2010 he became involved in a scandal when an entry on his Twitter microblog called Conservative Party members "scum sucking pigs", although he claimed his account had been hacked.[1]
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Bruce Grocott |
Member of Parliament for Telford 2001–present |
Incumbent |