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Jamieson Ronald Reed (born August 4, 1973 [1] in Whitehaven) is the newly elected Labour Member of Parliament for the UK constituency of Copeland, elected in the 2005 general election. He replaced Copeland's long-serving former MP Jack Cunningham. August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ...
Location within the British Isles For the neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee see Whitehaven, Memphis. ...
The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (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. ...
Copeland is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...
The Right Honourable John Anderson Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, PC, DL (born 4 August 1939) is a British Labour politician and was Member of Parliament for Copeland until 2005. ...
Mr Reed has spent a long time in the Copeland area, which includes the town of his birth, Whitehaven. Before election as an MP he worked as a Press Officer at Sellafield, a nuclear power plant in his constituency, and had served on Copeland Borough Council. Sellafield is a village near the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England, close to the village and railway station of Seascale. ...
A council is a group of people who usually possess some powers of governance. ...
In his maiden speech, he declared himself to be a Jedi in the debate over "Racial and Religious Hatred Bill" under consideration in Parliament. Debate has occurred as to whether the comment was a subtle commentary on the debate, wondering whether one who declared his religion as 'Jedi' would receive protection for 'Anti-Jedi' remarks, or simply a joking reference to the film he'd seen shortly before making the speech and the mysterious appearance the next day of a light sabre in the space available for MP's to keep their swords in the Members cloakroom. A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ...
Two examples of Jedi, Master Qui-Gon Jinn & his padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi. ...
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