David Wright (politician)

David Wright (politician)
David Wright MP
Member of Parliament
for Telford
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 June 2001
Preceded by Bruce Grocott
Majority 981 (2.4%)
Personal details
Born 22 December 1966 (1966-12-22) (age 44)
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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Early and personal life

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.

Political career

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]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Bruce Grocott
Member of Parliament for Telford
2001–present
Incumbent