John Eric Austin-Walker, formerly known as 'John Austin-Walker', (born August 21, 1944, in Blaby, Leicestershire) is a British Member of Parliament, first elected for Woolwich 1992-7, then for Erith and Thamesmead from 1997-present after boundary changes. He is a member of the Labour Party. He worked as a social worker and was leader of Greenwich council before entering Parliament. Jump to: navigation, search August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Blaby is a village in central Leicestershire, England, some five miles south of Leicester city centre and with a population of around 6,240 (2001 figures). ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... 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. ... A short-lived parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Greenwich in south-east of the city, which was created from a merger of Woolwich East and Woolwich West in 1983. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Erith and Thamesmead is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ... Greenwich (pronounced gren-itch , or by the locals) is a town, now part of the south eastern urban sprawl of London, on the south bank of the river Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. ...

Austin is a member of the left-wing Socialist Campaign Group. He stated his intention to act as a stalking horse against Tony Blair. He intended to trigger a leadership election at the party conference in September 2005 if Blair himself did not do so by resigning as leader. He indicated his hope that, in the event of an election, Gordon Brown would enter. However he was unable to accumulate the number of required nominations from fellow MPs (seventy-one in the current Parliament) before the conference. In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Jump to: navigation, search The Socialist Campaign Group is a left wing grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the UK. The group is generally Eurosceptic. ... Jump to: navigation, search A stalking horse is someone whose role is to become the focal point for, or the initiator of, a debate or challenge. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the British Chancellor of the Exchequer. ... 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. ...

External links

• ePolitix - John Austin
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: John Austin MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - John Austin MP
• The Public Whip - John Austin MP voting record
• BBC News - John Austin profile 21 February, 2005
• BBC News article about Glenda Jackson's possible leadership bid, mentions John Austin.