Fraser Kemp (born 1 September 1958, Washington) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour member of Parliament for Houghton and Washington East. He became an MP in 2001, and had previously been a full-time employee of the Labour Party. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map sources for Washington, Tyne and Wear at grid reference NZ3157 Washington is a town in the county of Tyne and Wear in northeast England. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left 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. ... Houghton and Washington East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Kemp began working for the Labour Party in the 1970s, having previously, as a teenager, organised successful local election campaigns. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...

Appointed as party organiser in Leicester - where his long rivalry with Chris Rennard began, by the mid-1980s he was an Assistant Regional Organiser in the East Midlands before being appointed as the, then youngest ever, Regional Organiser for the Labour Party in the West Midlands. Leicester (pronounced ) is a city in the English East Midlands, on the River Soar. ... Christopher John Chris Rennard, Baron Rennard, (born 1960) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the tradional region of the Midlands. ... The West Midlands refers to western area of The Midlands (central England). ...

In that role he came to prominence as the election agent responsible for the two biggest swings to the Labour Party in history - firstly in the Mid Staffordshire by-election in 1990 (an election largely fought over the question of the Poll Tax) and then an even bigger swing in Dudley West by-election in 1994, not long after Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party. A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income). ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. ...

As a result of this success Kemp was posted to the party's headquarters in Millbank Tower in London and became the party's number two member of staff as General Election Co-ordinator. He held this post until being selected as Labour candidate for Houghton and Washington East - the constituency where he grew up - in late 1996. Millbank Tower, from the north Millbank Tower from the south, taken from Vauxhall bridge. ...

In 2001 Kemp was appointed to the Government Whip's Office as a junior whip but was recalled to by-election service in 2004, masterminding, along with his protegé Tom Watson, Labour's victories over the Liberal Democrats in the Hodge Hill by-election on July 15, 2004 and a much more decisive victory in the Hartlepool by-election on September 30, 2004. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A whip is a tapered flexible length of either a single cord or plaited (braided) leather or other material, commonly with a stiff handle. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... There are at least four notable people called Tom Watson Tom Watson, the golfer Tom Watson, manager of Liverpool F.C. from 1896 to 1915 Tom Watson, the British politician Thomas E. Watson, the American Populist leader This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... Hodge Hill constituency shown within Birmingham A by-election was held for the United Kingdom Parliament seat of Birmingham Hodge Hill, on July 15, the same day as the Leicester South by-election. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ...

Kemp has since been asked to play a significant role in Labour's preparation for the 2005 General Election. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Fraser Kemp MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Fraser Kemp MP