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Encyclopedia > Mike Wood

Michael Roy Wood (born March 3, 1946, Crewe) is a British politician, and Labour Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen , first elected in 1997. He is opposed to Tony Blair, and is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, and is considered one of the most rebellious Labour MPs. March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a large town in south Cheshire, in the north west of 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. ... Batley and Spen is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... The Socialist Campaign Group is a left wing grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the UK. The group is generally Eurosceptic and has many socially conservative members. ...


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  • Mike Wood official site
  • Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Mike Wood MP
  • TheyWorkForYou.com - Mike Wood MP
  • The Public Whip - Mike Wood MP voting record
  • BBC News - Mike Wood profile 10 February, 2005

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Mike Wood ::: News (3667 words)
Mike Wood said: “The minimum wage has been one of the outstanding achievements of the last 10 years and it has benefited thousands of working people, many of whom would be among the poorest workers in Britain.
Mr Wood was elected in 1997 and re-elected in 2001 and 2005.
Mike Wood said: “This is a bad day for anyone who wanted to grow old in Batley and spend their senior years in their hometown.
Mike Wood ::: Member of Parliament for batley and Spen (337 words)
Mike was elected as Batley and Spen's first Labour MP on May 1 1997.
Mike is an executive member of the Penal Affairs Group, a patron of the National Association of Market Authorities, a member of the Campaign for State Education and the Working Class Movement Library and a friend of Birzeit University.
Mike trained as a probation officer and has a degree in history and politics from Leeds Metropolitan University.
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