John Spellar

John Spellar

Infobox MP


honorific-prefix =
name = John Spellar
honorific-suffix = MP
office = Comptroller of the Household
term_start = 5 October 2008
term_end =
predecessor = Thomas McAvoy
successor =
primeminister = Gordon Brown
constituency_MP2 = Warley
parliament2 =
majority2 = 10,147 (31.6%)
predecessor2 = "new constituency"
successor2 = Incumbent
term_start2 = 1 May 1997
term_end2 =
constituency_MP3 = Birmingham Northfield
parliament3 =
majority3 =
predecessor3 = Jocelyn Cadbury
successor3 = Roger King
term_start3 = 28 October 1982
term_end3 = 9 June 1983
birth_date = Birth date and age|1947|08|5|df=yes
birth_place = Bromley
death_date =
death_place =
nationality = British
spouse =
party = Labour
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater = St Edmund Hall, Oxford
occupation =
profession =
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website =
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John Francis Spellar (born 5 August 1947, Bromley) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Warley, and served as a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, before returning to the backbenches in 2005. Spellar is currently Comptroller of the Household and is the third most senior whip in the Whips' Office.

Spellar was a councillor in the London Borough of Bromley 1970-74. He was first elected to Parliament in 1982 for Birmingham Northfield, but lost at the 1983 election. He returned to the House of Commons in 1992 representing Warley West and has represented Warley since 1997. When Tony Blair formed his government in 1997, Spellar was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Mnistry of Defence, being promoted to become Minister of State for the Armed Forces in 1999. He entered the Privy Council in 2001 when appointed as Minister of State for Transport in the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions with rights to attend Cabinet. After the 2002 reshuffle, he became Minister of State at the Department of Transport, moving to the Northern Ireland Office in 2003.

External links

* [http://www.johnspellar.labour.co.uk/ John F Spellar] official site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-4912,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: John Spellar MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/john_spellar/warley TheyWorkForYou.com - John Spellar MP]


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