John Timothy Grogan (born 24 February 1961) is a British politician. He is the first Labour Member of Parliament to represent Selby. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party of 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. ... Selby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

John Grogan was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, the son of a teacher, he was educated at St. Michael's Roman Catholic College in Leeds, a Jesuit school, and St John's College, Oxford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in modern history and economics in 1982, he also served as the president of the Oxford University Students' Union. , This article is about the English town. ... A teachers room in a Japanese middle school, 2005. ... Leeds is the urban core of the metropolitan borough and city the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... College name St Johns College Named after Saint John the Baptist Established 1555 Sister College Sidney Sussex College President Sir Michael Scholar KCB JCR President Martha Burgess Undergraduates 381 Graduates 184 Homepage Boatclub St Johns College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... The terms Modern World, Modern Period, New World, Modern Times, Progressive Age, Modern Age, or Modern Era are recognized by historians as being that period of time commencing after the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, after the mid-18th century. ... Buyers bargain for good prices while sellers put forth their best front in Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala. ... The Oxford University Student Union is the official student government of the University of Oxford. ...

He worked as a communications coordinator with the City of Leeds Council from 1987 to 1994 before setting up his own conference business. He worked for the Labour Party in various guises in both Leeds and Wolverhampton. He also acted as the Labour Party press officer in the European Parliament at Brussels in 1995. The term communications is used in a number of disciplines: Communications, also known as communication studies is the academic discipline which studies communication, generally seen as a mixture between media studies and linguistics. ... The City of Leeds is a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire in northern England, stretching from Otley in the north, on the border with North Yorkshire, to the border with the district of Wakefield in the south, and from Pudsey on the border with the district of the City of... Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, pronounced ; French: Bruxelles, pronounced in Belgian French and often by non-Belgian speakers of French; German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French Community of...

He unsuccessfully contested the North Yorkshire seat of Selby at the 1987 General Election but was defeated by the veteran Conservative MP Michael Alison by some 13,779 votes. He again contested the seat based on Selby at the 1992 General Election but was again defeated by Alison, but by a reduced 9,508 votes. Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ... The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ... The Rt Hon Michael James Hugh Alison (June 27, 1926 - May 28, 2004) was a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Selby is a town in North Yorkshire, England. ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ...

In between the two unsuccessful contests at Selby he also stood unsuccessfully for the York seat to become a member of the European Parliament in 1989. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election for Selby. Alison retired at the election and Grogan faced the new challenge of a former Conservative MP Kenneth Hind who had been the MP for Lancashire West (1983 -1992). Grogan won the seat with a majority of 3,836 and has been elected with increasingly smaller majorities ever since. In 2005 he kept his seat by fewer than 200 votes. York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...

He made his maiden speech on 7 July 1997 (see[[1]]). 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. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In parliament he served as a member of the Northern Ireland select committee from 1997-2001 and since the 2005 General Election. He is a member of the Fabian Society and the Institute for Public Policy Research. The Palace of Westminster, known also as the Houses of Parliament, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) conduct their sittings. ... The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is an arm of the United Kingdom government, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. ... 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. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 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 Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. ... The Institute for Public Policy Research is a think tank in the United Kingdom, with close links to the ruling Labour Party. ...

He is also the chairman of the all party groups on the BBC, beer and Mongolia. He lives in the constituency at Fulford, and is a supporter of both the Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Bradford City F.C.. He led the campaign to save the Selby Coalfield in 2002 (see[[2]]). In 1999 he called for a memorial to the heroism of women during World War II to be remembered on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is the worlds most popular alcoholic beverage. ... Fulford is a historic village and civil parish on the outskirts of York, England. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Bradford City Association Football Club is a football team based at the Bradford and Bingley Stadium (formerly known as Valley Parade) in Bradford, England. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the extraction of coal from the Earth for use as fuel. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... Trafalgar Square is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. ...

The campaign had the backing of the Speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd and the Princess Royal (see[[3]]). Although the campaign was unsuccessful a monument has since been erected in Whitehall. 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. ... The Right Honourable Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC (born 1931 in Dewsbury), is a widely respected British politician. ... Princess Anne visits the USNS Comfort on July 11, 2002 while the ship was docked in Southampton, England The Princess Anne, Princess Royal, (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Laurence, formerly Phillips, née Windsor, later Mountbatten-Windsor, (born August 15, 1950)), is a member of the British Royal Family and the... Whitehall, London, looking south towards the Houses of Parliament. ...

External links

• [4] John Grogan MP official site
• [5] Guardian Unlimited Politics — Ask Aristotle: John Grogan MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com — John Grogan MP