John Heppell (born 3 November1948, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labourmember of Parliament for Nottingham East, and was first elected in 1992. He is a government whip and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East 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. ... Nottingham East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 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. ...
External links
John Heppell official site
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: John Heppell MP
JohnHeppell, the MP for Nottingham East, is an ex-railworker, ex-Parliamentary Secretary to Prescott, and supporter of Brown.
JohnHeppell is also one one of Blair’s key enforcers of anti-working class legislation.
Heppell is an anonymous figure locally and nationally and has only hit the headlines once when he had his tattoos of “love” and “hate” removed from his knuckles on the NHS.