James Mark Dakin Purnell (born 2 March1970, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Partymember of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde. He was first elected in 2001. March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of 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. ... Stalybridge and Hyde is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
In 2004, in the government changes following the resignation of David Blunkett, he was appointed an Assistant Government Whip. Following the Labour Party's third successive General Election victory in 2005, he was appointed to the position of Minister (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State) for Media and Tourism (covering broadcasting, creative industries, tourism and licensing) in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Blunkett The Right Honourable David Blunkett (born June 6, 1947) is a British Labour Party politician. ... 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. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 Department for Culture, Media and Sport (sometimes abbreviated DCMS) is a department of the British government. ...
Before entering Parliament, he had for many years worked as a special advisor to Number 10. 10 Downing Street, commonly known as Number 10, is the most famous street address in London. ...
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But for JamesPurnell, former No 10 policy aide, former John Birt strategist, and present occupant of the "one to watch" column in Westminster observers' notebooks, the position of minister for broadcasting at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is but the latest stage in a logical career trajectory.
Purnell has already made a statement with his job title: unlike his predecessor, Lord McIntosh, who was minister for broadcasting, Purnell's job description has been updated to minister for the creative industries.
Purnell bats away the criticism, saying one of the reasons that he moved into elected politics, and away from the shadowy world of strategy and policy advice, was to realise his ambitions to make a difference to people's lives.
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