Dave Brinson

Dave Brinson

Dave Brinson (born 29th December 1977) is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He was selected as Labour’s prospective candidate for the Eastbourne constituency in 2007.

Chair of the Eastbourne Labour Party [ [http://www.eastbournelabour.com] [http://www.eastbournelabour.com Eastbourne Labour Party] ] since 2000, he has been a critic of Eastbourne’s Conservative MP Nigel Waterson, notably on the MP’s record on lesbian and gay rights [ [http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/MP-is-homophobic-says-Labour.2955611.jp] Eastbourne Herald, [http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/MP-is-homophobic-says-Labour.2955611.jp MP is homophobic says Labour chair, 14th June 2007] ] . He has acted as Labour’s main media spokesperson in a town that has not had elected Labour councillors since 1993. Brinson is a secondary school teacher, and a member of the national executive committee of the National Union of Teachers. As an NUT official he has often been critical of official Labour policy, especially on the Academy programme [ [http://www.antiacademies.org.uk/index.php?option=com_jambook&Itemid=50] [http://www.antiacademies.org.uk/index.php?option=com_jambook&Itemid=50 Anti-Academies Alliance: 16th May 2007] ] , classroom temperature rules [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/teachers-back-call-to-close-overheated-classrooms-443930.html] The Independent on Sunday: [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/teachers-back-call-to-close-overheated-classrooms-443930.html Teachers back call to close overheated classrooms, 9th April 2007] ] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00414/tcuk_400x82_normal_414585a.gif] Daily Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00414/tcuk_400x82_normal_414585a.gif Send children home if classrooms get too hot April 9th 2008] ] , and the 2008-10 pay award (he supported the teachers’ strike) [ [http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/Teachers-to-go-on-strike.4008401.jp] Eastbourne Gazette, [http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/Teachers-to-go-on-strike.4008401.jp Teachers to go on Strike, 23rd April 2008] ] He was elected as the Chair of the union’s LGBT Working Party in 2008, and is a member of the national committee of Schools Out ! which organises the annual [http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk LGBT History Month] .

He was educated at Middlesex University and the Central School of Speech and Drama, and was a former local official of the actors' union Equity,

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