- Howard Stoate
Infobox MP
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name = Howard Stoate
honorific-suffix = MP
constituency_MP = Dartford
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majority = 706 (1.5%)
predecessor = Bob Dunn
successor =Incumbent
term_start =1 May 1997
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1954|04|14|df=yes
birth_place =Weymouth ,Dorset
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nationality = British
spouse = Deborah Dunkerley
party = Labour
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footnotes =Howard Geoffrey Alvan Stoate (born
14 April 1954 ) is a Labour politician in theUnited Kingdom .Early life
He went to the independent
Kingston Grammar School and atKing's College London , gaining an MSc and Diploma of the RCOG (DRCOG ). Stoate was a junior hospital doctor from 1977-81, then ageneral practitioner inBexleyheath from 1982, and a GP tutor at Queen Mary's Hospital inSidcup from 1989. He was a Dartford BoroughCouncillor 1990-99, Chair of Finance 1995-97.Parliamentary career
He was elected
Member of Parliament for Dartford inKent in 1997, having previously contested the seat in 1992 and Old Bexley and Sidcup in 1987, and was re-elected in 2001 and 2005. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary toEstelle Morris between 2003 and 2005.Personal life
He married Deborah Dunkerley in 1979 in Dartford and they have two sons (born October 1984 and April 1987) in Dartford.
External links
* [http://www.howardstoate.com/ Dr Howard Stoate] official site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-5015,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Howard Stoate MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/howard_stoate/dartford TheyWorkForYou.com - Howard Stoate MP]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/178.stm BBC Politics page]News items
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/5175398.stm Tanning salons in July 2006]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4647923.stm Having to move out of his offices in July 2005]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2683167.stm Warning about obesity in January 2003]
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