Dan Norris (born January 28, 1960) is the Labour Member of Parliament for Wansdyke in England. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 496 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (569 × 687 pixels, file size: 39 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Dan Norris MP, Labour MP for Wansdyke, serving North East Somerset and parts of South Gloucestershire I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it... Wansdyke is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Open seat redirects here. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Jack Heywood Aspinwall (born February 1933) is a British politician. ... Open seat redirects here. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Sussex (also known colloquially as Sussex Uni) is an English campus university which is situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, and is four miles from Brighton. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Wansdyke is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Early life

He went to the University of Sussex, where he did a Master's in Social Work (MSW). Norris is a former social worker and teacher. He has a particular interest in child protection. He has co-written and helped to distribute to tens of thousands of parents a free booklet on preventing child sexual abuse. He also co-wrote and produced a booklet aimed at giving practical advice about combating bullying. He was a councillor on Bristol City Council from 1989-97 and Avon County Council. Norris's predecessor in this seat was Jack Aspinwall. He is a member of the GMB Union. The University of Sussex (also known colloquially as Sussex Uni) is an English campus university which is situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, and is four miles from Brighton. ... A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ... Bad Touch redirects here. ... The city of Bristol, England, is a unitary authority, represented by four Members of Parliament. ... Northavon Bristol Kingswood Woodspring Wansdyke Bath The County of Avon was a short-lived administrative county in the west of England, named after the River Avon which ran through it. ... Jack Heywood Aspinwall (born February 1933) is a British politician. ... The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 700,000 members. ...

Parliamentary career

He contested the seat in 1992, and Northavon in 1987. He has been MP since the 1997 election, and took a traditionally safe Tory seat by 4,799 votes (overturning the Tory 11,770 vote majority in the 1992 election). He was an assistant whip from 2001 to 2003. In July 2007 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon David Miliband. He previously held a similar role in support of then-Northern Ireland Secretary Rt Hon Peter Hain which saw the successful conclusion to the peace process. He has the only Labour seat in Somerset. Northavon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ...

In 2005, his majority fell to 1,839 on a turnout of 50,933 (from 4,799 in 1997, and 5,613 in 2001).

External links

• Dan Norris official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Dan Norris MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Dan Norris MP
• Voting record at the Public Whip
• BBC Politics page

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