Nigel Beard

Nigel Beard
Member of Parliament for Bexleyheath and Crayford
In office 1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	David Evennett
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Born	10 October 1938 (1938-10-10) (age 73)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

Christopher Nigel Beard, known as Nigel Beard, (born 10 October 1936) is a British politician. He was Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexleyheath and Crayford in London from 1997 to 2005.

He previously contested several Parliamentary constituencies: Woking at the 1979 general election, Portsmouth North at the 1983 general election and Erith and Crayford at the 1992 general election. In the 1997 general election he was returned as member for Bexleyheath and Crayford. Before this he had been senior research manager for ICI and Zeneca. He retained the seat at the 2001 election but lost it in the 2005 election, to David Evennett of the Conservative Party.

Beard was a loyal follower of the Labour whip, voting for the Iraq War and other Government policies^{[citation needed]}. He also introduced a Private Member's Bill to fix British Summer Time as standard all year round.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Bexleyheath and Crayford 1997–2005	Succeeded by David Evennett

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Name	Beard, Nigel
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Date of birth	10 October 1938
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