John Yorke Denham (born July 15, 1953) British politician, Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen. July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main left-wing political party of the United Kingdom. ... 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. ... Southampton Itchen is a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency, currently represented by the Labour Party Member of Parliament John Denham MP (b. ...

John Denham was born in Seaton and was educated at Woodroffe Comprehensive School, Lyme Regis and the University of Southampton, where he took a degree in Chemistry, and was president of the Students' Union in the academic year 1976-77. After leaving education in 1977 he became an advice worker at the Energy Advice Agency in Durham, before becoming a transport campaigner with Friends of the Earth in 1978. He was Head of Youth Affairs at the British Council from 1979 until 1983, and was responsible for public education and advocacy for War on Want from 1984 to 1988. He subsequently worked for Christian Aid, Oxfam and other development agencies until his election to Westminster. External link Seaton (DMOZ.org) Categories: UK geography stubs | Towns in Devon ... A Comprehensive school is a type of school providing secondary level education in England or Wales. ... Location within the British Isles The Cobb, with boats grounded in the harbour at low tide. ... The University of Southampton is a British university situated in the city of Southampton, on the south coast of Great Britain. ... Chemistry (from the Greek word χημεία (chemeia) meaning cast together or pour together) is the science of matter at the atomic to molecular scale, dealing primarily with collections of atoms (such as molecules, crystals, and metals). ... The largest Students Union building at Oklahoma State University, which doubles as a student activity center (student union in the USA) A students union, student government, or student council is a student organization present at many colleges and universities, often with its own building on the campus, dedicated to social... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham in northeast England. ... Friends of the Earth is an international network of environmental organizations in 70 countries. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The British Council is a partly UK Government-funded cultural relations organisation and a registered charity in the United Kingdom. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... War On Want is a campaigning charity based in London, England, which highlights the needs of poverty-stricken areas around the world, lobbying governments and international agencies to tackle problems, as well as raising public awareness of the concerns of developing nations. ... Activists from Christian Aid lobbying for Trade Justice Christian Aid promotion to buy goats to assist children of Rwanda Christian Aid is an agency of the major Christian churches in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ... Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 independent, non-profit, secular, community-based aid and development organizations who work with local partners in over 100 countries worldwide to reduce poverty, suffering, and injustice. ... 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. ...

Prior to being elected as an MP, John Denham served as a local Councillor, initially as a member of the Hampshire County Council in 1981, where he remained until 1989 when he was elected as a councillor on Southampton City Council, on which he served until 1993 and was the Chairman of the City's Housing Committee. He was selected to contest the Southampton Itchen seat at the 1983 General Election following the defection to the Social Democratic Party of the sitting Labour MP Bob Mitchell. The election proved to be a close run affair with Denham coming in third place, Mitchell in second, and the victor was the Conservative Christopher Chope who gained the seat with a majority of 5,290. Denham again contested the seat at the 1987 General Election, he overtook Mitchell into second place but still behind Chope who held his seat with a majority of 6,716. It proved third time lucky, as Denham finally took the seat at the 1992 General Election, when he defeated Chope by just 551 votes and has remained an MP since. Mitchell did not fight the election. Denham made his maiden speech on May 20, 1992, reminding people that the Pilgrim Fathers left from Southampton, and not Plymouth as is widely thought, on their historic voyage to North America.[1] Hampshire (abbr. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a political party of the United Kingdom that existed nationwide between 1981 and 1988. ... Richard Charles Bob Mitchell (22 August 1927 - 18 September 2003) was a Labour MP from Southampton Test from 1966-1970 and a Labour and then SDP MP from Southampton Itchen from 1971-1983. ... 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. ... Christopher Robert Chope OBE (born May 19, 1947) British politician and barrister. ... 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 UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... 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 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton (1867) The Pilgrims were a group of English religious separatists who sailed from Europe to North America in the early 17th century, in search of a home where they could freely practice their style of religion. ... Plymouth is a city in the southwest of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

In Parliament John Denham became a member of the Environment Select Committee in 1993, and was promoted to the frontbench by Tony Blair in 1995 as a spokesman on social security. After the 1997 General Election he entered the Blair government as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Social Security, being promoted within the department to the rank of Minister of State in 1998. Following the promotion to the cabinet of Alan Milburn, Denham moved to the Department of Health in 1999. He became a Member of the Privy Council in 2000. 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. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... In many parliaments and other similar assemblies, seating is typically arranged in banks or rows, with each political party or caucus grouped together. ... Anthony Charles Lynton Blair PC, MP (born 6 May 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the UK Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in North East... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Department of Social Security (DSS) was until 2001 a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Rt Hon. ... Many governments, both national and more local, have a Department of Health. This article is about the British one. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Following the 2001 General Election he became a Minister of State at the Home Office, until he resigned in March 2003 over the Iraq War[2]. He had allegedly been promised, along with Peter Hain, that he would be one of the next people to be promoted to the cabinet by Blair. After his resignation, he was appointed in July 2003 as chairman of the influential Home Affairs Select Committee. Despite speculation following the 2005 general election that Denham would return as a member of the Government, he has so far not done so, although in the post-election reshuffle there were reports that he was offered- and accepted- the cabinet post of Chief Secretary to the Treasury, before being told that the post had been assigned instead to Des Browne. 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. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... 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. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Baathist Iraq Baath Loyalists Al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Other insurgent groups and militias United States United Kingdom New Iraqi Army Kurdish forces Multinational forces in Iraq Commanders Saddam Hussein Abu Musab al-Zarqawi† Moqtada al-Sadr Abu Ayyub al-Masri Mujahideen Shura Council Tommy Franks... Peter Gerald Hain (born February 16, 1950, Nairobi, Kenya) is a British Labour Party politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Wales. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 Chief Secretary to the Treasury is a junior position in the British Cabinet. ... The Right Honourable Desmond Henry Browne MP (born March 22, 1952) British politician and barrister. ...

Though regarded as a Blairite, Denham has been a regular critic of the Blair administration as chair of the Home Affairs committee.

John Denham has also been a member of the Executive Committee of the Fabian Society for several years, participating in many events and co-authoring a pamphlet on pensions as well as making several speeches and publishing articles in this forum.

He was seen as a government loyalist and Southampton University Students' Union had revoked his lifetime membership for his support of tuition fees. He has been married to Ruth Eleanor Dixon since 1979 and they have a son and a daughter, they have now divorced. He also has another child, born in 2005. He is a keen follower of cricket. A strong athlete in his youth, Denham has run the four-minute mile. He is also a major Southampton football fan, watching them whenever possible. This page refers to the year 1979. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse, which can be contrasted with an annulment, which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support, child custody... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... The four minute mile, in athletics, is the running of a mile (1609 metres) in under four minutes. ...

External links

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