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Trevor Keith Hill, known as Keith Hill, (born 28 July 1943, Leicester) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour member of Parliament for Streatham, where he was first elected in 1992. As well as the suburb of Streatham, his South London constituency also includes the southern parts of Clapham and Brixton and the area of Balham within Lambeth (between Cavendish Road and Thornton Road). July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the East Midlands of England. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Streatham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... Streatham is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom . ... South London area South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. ... Clapham is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South London. ... Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth. ... Balham is a neighbourhood in South London. ... The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Inner London. ...

In the reshuffle following the 2005 general election, Keith Hill was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Tony Blair MP. The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... A prime minister is the very most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...

Biography

T. Keith Hill was educated at City Boys' Grammar School in Leicester, from where he won a scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He went on to complete a Diploma in Education at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the East Midlands of England. ... College name Corpus Christi College Named after Corpus Christi, Body of Christ Established 1517 Sister College Corpus Christi College President Sir Tim Lankester JCR President Binyamin Even Undergraduates 239 Graduates 126 Homepage Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Wales, Aberystwyth (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth) is a leading teaching and research university located in Aberystwyth, Wales. ...

He was then a politics lecturer, firstly in the University of Leicester and at the University of Strathclyde from 1969–1973. He worked as a research officer for the Labour Party's International Department from 1974–1976 before becoming a political officer for the National Union of Railwaymen, subsequently amalgamated into the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers(RMT). In the 1979 general election he stood unsuccessfully as Labour Candidate in Blaby. University of Leicester seen from Victoria Park - Left to right: the Department of Engineering, the Attenborough tower, the Charles Wilson building. ... The University of Strathclyde is a university in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is a trade union in the United Kingdom which unionises transport workers. ... Margaret Thatcher James Callaghan David Steel BBC Election 1979 Titles The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... Blaby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

In the 1992 election, Hill outperformed Labour's national performance by being the first Labour MP ever elected for the Streatham constituency. He defeated the incumbent Conservative MP Sir William Shelton by a convincing margin. This partly reflected changing demographics in the constituency, which includes a large swathe of Brixton. However, it also reflected Hill's assiduous personal campaign in the years before the election, which contrasted favourably with Shelton's neglect of his constituency duties. Streatham is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom . ... Sir William Jeremy Masefield Shelton commonly known as Bill Shelton(30 October 1929 - 2 January 2003) was a Conservative Party (UK) politician. ... Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth. ...

Following his election as an MP, he sat on the Select Committee for Transport from 1992 to 1997. His first Government appointment was as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hilary Armstrong in 1997. He became an Assistant Government Whip from 1998 to 1999. Hilary Jane Armstrong (born 30 November 1945, Sunderland) is a British Labour Party politician. ... 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. ...

Keith Hill's ministerial career started when he was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (as well as Minister for London) at the then Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) in 1999. During his time at DETR, he was responsible for local transport and transport in London. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was a UK Cabinet position created in 1997, with responsibility for the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions. ...

As Minister for London, Keith Hill was closely involved in preparing the way for London mayoral elections. This was a task that he took to with clear relish - as evidenced on BBC Television's Newsroom Southeast of 14 February 2000, which showed Mr Hill doing a rap in the middle of Trafalgar Square with a baseball hat on back to front to try and encourage young Londoners to vote in the elections. Ken Livingstone, the current Mayor of London The Mayor of London is an elected politician in London, United Kingdom. ... very gay West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy For information on rap music, see hip hop music. ... Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ...

In the ministerial appointments following the 2001 election, Keith Hill moved to the position of Deputy Chief Whip. The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch, under control of the Lord Stewards Department, but is, in fact, a political office held by one of the governments Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons. ...

In the 13 June 2003 reshuffle, Hill was promoted to Minister of State rank and joined the Privy Council. He served as Minister for Housing and Planning at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister until the 2005 General Election. During this period he had lead responsibility for housing, planning, the Thames Gateway, urban policy and liveability issues, and was Minister for London and the Dome. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a department of the British government. ... The Thames Gateway is an area of land stretching 40 miles eastwards from East London on both sides of the River Thames and the Thames Estuary. ... The well-being or quality of life of a population is an important concern in economics and political science. ... The Millennium Dome, with the Canary Wharf complex in the background, seen from the River Thames Aerial view of the Millennium Dome The Millennium Dome, seen from the Isle of Dogs. ...

Keith Hill is married and his interests include walking, reading (modern European literature), films, music and surfing. He is reputed to have enquired jokingly to a constituent who had complained at how Streatham had gone downhill, "Why else do you think you've got a Labour MP?" He also used to share a flat with the comedian Eddie Izzard. For other uses, see Surfing (disambiguation). ... Streatham is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom . ... Edward John Eddie Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is a British cross-dressing stand-up comedian and actor who describes himself as an executive or action transvestite. ...

He was described by Routledge's Almanac of British Politics as "One of the government's insufficiently sung heroes". Routledge is an imprint for books in the humanities part of the Taylor & Francis Group, which also has Brunner-Routledge, RoutledgeCurzon and RoutledgeFalmer divisions. ...

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