George Howarth

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The Right Honourable George Howarth MP
Member of Parliament for Knowsley Knowsley North and Sefton East (1997-2010) Knowsley North (1986-1997)
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 1986
Preceded by	Robert Kilroy-Silk
Majority	25,690 (57.5%)
Personal details
Born	(1949-06-29) 29 June 1949 Prescot, Lancashire, England
Nationality	English
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Julie Howarth^[1]
Alma mater	University of Salford
Profession	Engineer
Religion	Protestant
Website	www.georgehowarth.org.uk

George Edward Howarth (born 29 June 1949) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley North from 1986 until 1997, and since then for its replacement Knowsley North and Sefton East.

Born in Merseyside, he was educated at the local Huyton Secondary School, the Kirkby College of Further Education, and the Liverpool John Moores University. He went on to study at the University of Salford. He served his apprenticeship for four years from 1966 as an engineer, and then worked as an engineer until 1975 when he moved into teaching. In 1980 he joined Cooperative Development Services, and in 1982 was appointed the Chief Executive at the Walm Cooperative Centre. He became the Chief Executive of the Wales Trades Union Congress Centre in Cardiff, a position he held before his election to the House of Commons.

Howarth was elected as a councillor to the Huyton District Council in 1971 and served in its successor the Knowsley Borough Council until 1986, becoming its deputy leader from 1982-1983. He was the chair of the Knowsley South Constituency Labour Party for four years from 1981.

The sitting Labour MP for Knowsley North, Robert Kilroy-Silk resigned from Parliament to follow a career in television with the BBC. Howarth was elected on November 13, 1986 at the by-election with a safe majority of 6,724.

In Parliament he served as an opposition spokesperson on Environment 1989-1994 and Home Affairs 1994-1997. In 1997 he was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, and then at the same position at the Northern Ireland Office in 1999. He left the government in 2001. He has served on select committees. He became a member of the Privy Council in 2005.

Howarth, a Labour MP, has been successful in his campaigning for the closure of a Sonae Indústria factory in his constituency.^[2] Despite strong opposition from Unite to save the workforce and valuable manufacturing jobs in the North West ^[3] the Sonae Knowsley site has now ceased manufacturing on 14 September 2012. There have been 220 job losses.

References

↑ "House of Commons - The Register of Members' Financial Interests - Part 2: Part 2". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
↑ "Knowsley council reviews Sonae Kirkby factory after fire". BBC News. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
↑ http://www.unitetheunion.org/news__events/latest_news/devastation_for_workers_as_son.aspx

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Kilroy-Silk	Member of Parliament for Knowsley North 1986 – 1997	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Knowsley North and Sefton East 1997 – 2010	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Knowsley 2010 – present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Howarth, George
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	29 June 1949
Place of birth	Prescot, Merseyside
Date of death
Place of death

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