William Ernest "Bill" Rammell (born 10 October 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Labour member of Parliament for Harlow since 1997, the place where he was born. Harlow is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Harlow is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office until the 2005 general election, when he was appointed to the Department for Education and Skills as Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education. A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Department for Education and Skills is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ...

Before entering Parliament, Bill Rammell was the general manager of the University of London Union and King's College, London Students' Union, Head of Youth Services for Basildon Council and worked for the National Union of Students and British Rail. He was a member of Harlow District Council from 1985 to 1997. He was President of the Students' Union of University College, Cardiff in 1982/83. The University of London Union (commonly referred to as ULU) is the university-wide students union for the University of London. ... Kings College London Students Union (commonly referred to as KCLSU) is the second oldest students union in London, founded just after University College London Union. ... Basildon is a new town in the Basildon district of Essex in the East of England. ... National Union of Students may refer to: National Union of Students of Australia National Union of Students of the United Kingdom This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Harlow is a local government district and new town in Essex, United Kingdom. ... Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a university in Cardiff. ...

In the 2005 election, he had the 3rd smallest majority of any Labour MP, at just 97 votes. The result was so close that the final declaration had to be delayed 2 days after voting, in order to give exhausted counting officials time to rest.

See also

• Hugh Kerr

Hugh Kerr surprisingly defeated the Conservative incumbent, Patricia Rawlings, and was elected a Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in June 1994 to represent the euro-constituency of Essex West & Hertfordshire East (then comprising Westminster constituencies Brentwood and Ongar, Broxbourne, Epping Forest, Harlow, Hertford & Stortford, NE Hertfordshire, Saffron Walden...

External links

• [1] Bill Rammell official site
• [2] Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Bill Rammell MP
• [3] TheyWorkForYou.com - Bill Rammell MP