George Howarth
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 74 |
Web site | www.georgehowarth.org.uk |
Date of birth | June 29,1949 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Prescot Urban District |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Julie Howarth |
Party | Labour Party |
Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Job | Engineer |
Politician | |
Education | Liverpool John Moores University |
University of Salford | |
Official site | parliament.uk |
Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2010 | |
Prime minist | Tony Blair |
Previous position | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1999–2001) |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 429069 |
George Howarth Life story
Sir George Edward Howarth is a British Labour Party politician who serves as the Member of Parliament for Knowsley. He also served the seat's predecessors since being elected in a by-election in 1986, firstly as the MP for Knowsley North and then Knowsley North and Sefton East.
Knowsley: Fifteen arrests over clash outside asylum seeker hotel
... " Sir George Howarth MP, Labour MP for Knowsley, previously said " an alleged incident posted on social media" triggered the demonstration...
Protesters clash outside Merseyside asylum seeker hotel
... Knowsley MP Sir George Howarth has called for calm, saying: " I have referred an alleged incident posted on social media, which has triggered a demonstration outside the Suites Hotel, to Merseyside Police and Knowsley Council...
Andrew Miller: Former Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston dies
... Family friend and Labour MP for Knowsley George Howarth said Mr Miller was seriously ill for some time before he died, aged 70...
Andrew Miller: Former Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston dies
Mr Miller worked for legislative changes including the minimum wage and agency workers' rights
The former Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston, Andrew Miller , has died.
Mr Miller was first elected to the Cheshire seat in 1992 and served under five Labour leaders before standing down at the May 2015 general election.
Family friend and Labour MP for Knowsley George Howarth said Mr Miller was seriously ill for some time before he died, aged 70.
Mr Miller had a passion for science and technology and chaired The Commons select committee over 10 years.
Born in Middlesex in 1949, Mr Miller was educated in Malta and later earned a Diploma in Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics.
He was a former official of the technicians' union MSF and won his seat in 1992 from the Conservatives, holding it for 23 years.
Andrew Miller stood down in 2015Mr Miller said he was "proud" of being part of legislative changes like the minimum wage and improving the rights of agency workers.
He also worked with Political Parties in his former home of Malta in The Lead up to the country's accession to the EU and fondly recalled helping get a plaque for Nelson Mandela placed in Westminster Hall .
He had a keen interest in tennis and lived in Cheshire in A House he bought derelict and rebuilt.
The University of Chester awarded Mr Miller an honorary DSc in 2014 and he was made an honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University a year later.
Mr Miller leaves his wife, Fran, and three children.
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Source of news: bbc.com