David Elliott Drew (born 13 April 1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and Labour and Co-operative member of Parliament for Stroud. April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... This article is about the British political party. ... 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. ... Stroud is a town in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ...

He first contested the seat in 1992, but was defeated by the incumbent Conservative, Roger Knapman. He succeeded in taking the seat from Knapman in 1997, and successfully defended his majority in 2001, and retained it, but with a significantly reduced majority (350) in 2005. The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Roger Maurice Knapman (born February 20, 1944) is a British politician, and is the current leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...

He was identified by the Herald newspaper in Scotland following the 2005 election as one of the more frequent Labour backbench rebels, in the last (2001-2005) parliament, having 'rebelled' over both the Iraq War and terror legislation.

Prior to his election as MP, he had at various times held office as a councillor at Parish (Stonehouse Town Council), District (Stroud District Council) and County (Gloucestershire County Council) level for the Stonehouse area of Gloucestershire.

External links

• official site (http://www.daviddrew.ik.org/)
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: David Drew MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-1468,00.html)
• TheyWorkForYou.com - David Drew MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_drew/stroud)