Richard Haines Burden (born September 1, 1954) UK politician. He is the Labour member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian 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. ... Birmingham Northfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Richard Haines was born in Liverpool he attended the Wallasey Technical Grammar School; Bramhall Comprehensive School; St John's College of Further Education, Manchester; the University of York, where he obtained a degree in Politics and was the president of the Students' Union in 1976; and then to the University of Warwick where he received a Master's Degree in Industrial Relations. On leaving university he was appointed a branch officer in North Yorkshire in the National Association of Local Government Officers in 1979, becoming the district officer for the West Midlands in 1981, a position he held until his election to Westminster. He is a member of the Transport and General Workers Union which he joined in 1979. Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Wallasey County Borough Council Wallasey is a large town on the mouth of the River Mersey on the tip of the Wirral. ... A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries. ... Bramhall High School, is a comprehensive high school in the English city of Stockport, Cheshire. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England and is famous for being the worlds first industrial city. ... This article is about the British university. ... Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government[1], is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ... 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 and organizational activities of the student body. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... The University of Warwick is a campus university in the United Kingdom. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... The field of labor relations looks at the relationship between management and workers, particularly groups of workers represented by a labor union. ... Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ... The National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO) was a British trade union representing mostly local government workers. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England, the United Kingdom, formed in 1974. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 Transport and General Workers Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, is one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it is known as the Amalgamated TGWU - with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the...

He unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary seat of Meriden at the 1987 General Election, he was defeated comfortably by the sitting Conservative MP Iain Mills by 16,820. Richard Burden was selected to fight the Conservative held marginal seat of Birmingham Northfield at the 1992 General Election. Burden defeated the sitting Tory MP Roger King by just 630 votes and became a Labour MP. He made his maiden speech on May 19, 1992. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... Meriden is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 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 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 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Burden was a quiet backbencher during the 1992 Parliament, and after Labour formed the government following the 1997 General Election, he was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary PPS to the Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and fellow Birmingham MP Jeff Rooker, and he remained Rooker's PPS when he was became the Minister of State at the Department of Social Security. Following the 2001 General Election he was a Member of the Trade and Industry Select Committee. In 2002 he became the special advisor to the Minister of Sport, Richard Caborn on motor sports. He has been a member of the International Development Select Committee since the 2005 General Election. The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK government department, first created in September 1793 (relaunched in 1889) and called the Board of Agriculture. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Jeffrey Rooker, Baron Rooker, PC (born 5 June 1941), was the Labour Party member of parliament for Birmingham Perry Barr until the 2001 general election. ... The Department of Social Security (DSS) was until 2001 a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... 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. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... The Right Honourable Richard Caborn, PC (born October 6, 1943) is a British politician for the Labour Party, and member of Parliament for Sheffield Central. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... The Department for International Development (DFID) is a United Kingdom government department, the function of which is to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty. // Ministers The Department is headed by Cabinet Minister and Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...

He the is chair of the parliamentary Palestinian Group and is an avid motorsports fan. Local politics in Birmingham Northfield has long been dominated by the car factory MG Rover, the factory went into administration after negotiations with Chinese car manufacturer Shanghai Automotive collapsed. The site has since been sold to Chinese car company Nanjing Automotive. Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... MG Rover are the largest independent manufacturer of cars in the British motor industry. ... The Longbridge Plant from the Air, 2005. ... Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) is one of the big 3 Chinese automakers. ... Nanjing (Chinese: 南京 [ ] ; Romanizations: NánjÄ«ng (Pinyin) , Nan-ching (Wade-Giles), Nanking (Postal System Pinyin) ) is the capital of Chinas Jiangsu Province and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. ...

He has not been known as a Labour rebel but has voted against the New Labour government on a few occasions, most notably he voted against the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the 2005 anti-terror bill, which included provision to hold terrorist suspects for 90 days without trial. He also speaks French. Olivia Amador ... New Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. ... Combatants Republic of Iraq (Saddam Hussein regime), Baath Loyalists, Iraqi insurgency United States, United Kingdom, Coalition of the Willing, New Iraqi Army For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The Iraq War (2003-present) is an ongoing conflict in Iraq, which began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Political terrorism be merged into this article or section. ...

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