Hugh Bayley (born January 9, 1952 in Oxford) is a British politician. He is Labour member of Parliament for York, originally elected in the 1997 general election and successively re-elected in 2001 and 2005. He was a junior minister at the Department of Social Security from 1999 to 2001, but was sacked. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... 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. ... 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. ... The City of York is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Department of Social Security (DSS) was until 2001 a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He resigned from the RMT union in 2002 after it said it would only fund MPs that agreed with its policies. Of the Labour MPs in parliament he is one of the most loyal to the party line, having only rarely rebelled when voting. He is married with two children. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is a trade union in the United Kingdom which unionises transport workers. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ...

External links

• official site (http://www.hughbayley.labour.co.uk/)
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Hugh Bayley MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-300,00.html)
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Hugh Bayley MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/hugh_bayley/york,_city_of)