James Dolan Cunningham (born February 4, 1941), known as Jim Cunningham, is a British Labour Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Coventry South. February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main democratic socialist [1] political party in the United Kingdom. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 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. ... Coventry South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

He was born in Coatbridge and educated locally at the Columba High School, before attending the Trade Union College in Tillicoultry. In 1964 he joined Rolls-Royce as an engineer and remained so until he took up politics full time in 1988. He joined the Labour Party in 1966 and was a shop steward with the Manufacturing, Science and Finance (MSF) Union for twenty years from 1968. He was elected a councillor to the Coventry City Council in 1972, becoming deputy leader in 1987 and its leader in 1988 and remained a councillor and its leader until his election to parliament. He was the secretary of the Coventry South East Constituency Labour Party in 1976 becoming chairman 1977-1979. Coatbridge is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland approximately 9 miles east of Glasgow. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Burgh of Tillicoultry Seal. ... Rolls-Royce Limited was a British car and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906 and was the result of a partnership formed in 1904. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Manufacturing, Science and Finance (or the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union; almost exclusively known as MSF) was a trade union in Britain. ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, England is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business. ... A Constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. ...

Cunningham was selected to contest the Coventry South East constituency at the 1992 general election following the expulsion of the sitting Labour MP Dave Nellist who had now decided to contest the seat as an Independent Labour candidate. The contest proved tough and bitter[1], but Jim Cunningham came in as the victor with a majority of 1,311 votes over the Conservative candidate Martine Hyams; Nellist finished third but only by a further 40 votes. Cunningham has remained an MP since. He made his maiden speech on May 12, 1992[2]. After boundary changes his constituency was abolished but he has represented the new seat of Coventry South since the 1997 general election. The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... Dave Nellist Dave Nellist is a Trotskyist political figure and former Labour MP for the former constituency of Coventry South East. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... 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. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...

He became a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee in 1993, and both the Trade and Industry Select Committee and the Speaker's Panel of Chairmen after 1997 until the 2001 general election. He joined the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee in 2003. Since the 2005 General Election he has served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Solicitor General Harriet Harman as well as serving on the Select Committee for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ... Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is a United Kingdom government department. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... Her Majestys Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law. ... The Right Honourable Harriet Ruth Harman QC MP (born July 30, 1950, London) is a British Solicitor and Labour politician. ... The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a department of the British government. ...

In 2004 he led a Parliamentary campaign to prevent Jaguar Cars closing its Browns Lane, Coventry, assembly plant, and in the past he has called for the Queen to pay income tax. He has been married to Marion Douglas Podmore since 1985 and they have a son and daughter each from previous marriages. Jaguar Cars is a British automobile manufacturer. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of 16 sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally, though she is more directly involved with the United Kingdom, where the Royal Family resides, and the Monarchy is historically indigenous. ... An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income of persons, corporations or other legal entities. ...

External links

• ePolitix - Jim Cunningham MP official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Jim Cunningham MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Jim Cunningham MP