Stephen Hesford MP
Member of Parliament for Wirral West
Incumbent
Assumed office  1 May 1997
Preceded by	David Hunt
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	27 May 1957 (1957-05-27) (age 50) Lowton St Mary's
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Bradford, University of Westminster

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Stephen Hesford was born in Lowton St Mary's, near Leigh, Lancashire and was educated at the Urmston Grammar School and the University of Bradford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences in 1978. He went on to study at the Polytechnic of Central London and earned his Master of Laws in 1980. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1981 and worked as a criminal law barrister in Altrincham, Cheshire until his election to parliament. He was reprimanded by the Bar Council for cancelling court appearances due to his unexpected election. , Lowton is an area in Greater Manchester, England and is a component part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. ... , Leigh a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, is 11 miles (18 km) west of Manchester, and 6 miles (10 km) south east of Wigan. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Urmston Grammar School, also known as Urmston Grammar School Science College, is a co-educational grammar school located in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England. ... The University of Bradford is a university in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. ... B.S. redirects here. ... A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ... The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The University of Westminster is a university in London, England, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992, which allowed the London Polytechnic (Polytechnic of Central London or PCL ) to rename itself as a university. ... The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree, commonly abbreviated LL.M. (also LLM or LL.M) from its Latin name, Legum Magister. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The Call to the Bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions. ... Entrance to Grays Inn Grays Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England to which barristers belong and where they are called to the bar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of various bodies of rules in different jurisdictions whose common characteristic is the potential for unique and often severe impositions as punishment for failure to comply. ... // Artists impression of an English and Irish barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions which employ a split profession (as opposed to a fused profession) in relation to legal representation. ... Altrincham (pronounced Oltringum) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. ... For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation). ... “Houses of Parliament” redirects here. ... A bar council in a Commonwealth country is a professional body that regulates the profession of barristers together with the Inns of Court. ... A trial at the Old Bailey in London as drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin for Ackermanns Microcosm of London (1808-11). ...

He worked as an assistant to the Labour MP for Eccles Joan Lestor for a year in 1992. He unsuccessfully contested Suffolk South at the 1992 General Election where he finished in third place some 18,170 votes behind the sitting Conservative MP and then junior environment minister Tim Yeo. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election for the Merseyside seat of Wirral West when he defeated the former Cabinet minister David Hunt by 2,738 votes, and he has remained the MP there since. He made his maiden speech on July 3, 1997, in which he recalled a constituency predecessor and former Commons Speaker Selwyn Lloyd.[1] Eccles is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles (13 November 1931-27 March 1998) was a Labour politician. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Suffolk South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo (born March 20, 1945) is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for South Suffolk. ... Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... Wirral West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... David James Fletcher Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, PC MBE (born 1942), is an English Conservative politician, and was a member of the Cabinet during the Margaret Thatcher and John Major administrations. ... 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. ... is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ... John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd (28 July 1904 - 18 May 1978), known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, was a British Conservative politician. ...

In parliament he served as a member of the Northern Ireland select committee for two years from 1998, and also spent two years from 1999 as a member of the health select committee. He was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords Valerie Amos from the 2005 General Election until September 2006. The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is an arm of the United Kingdom government, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. ... 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. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP). ... Leader of the House of Lords is a function in the British government that is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, most often Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. ... Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC (born 13 March 1954) is a British Labour Party politician and life peer, formerly serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ...

He has been married to Elizabeth Anne Henshall since 1984 and they have two sons. He is a member of both the Fabian Society and the Lancashire County Cricket Club. This article is about the year. ... The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary means. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lancashire. ...

He caused some controversy during the 2005 after The Daily Telegraph reported that he had allegedly labelled his Conservative opponent, former television presenter Esther McVey, a "blonde bimbo", and that her going into politics was merely a way in which to "get back on television", whilst warning that she is "38, single and unmarried". Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... Esther McVey (b. ...

In October 2007 he released a press release regarding a pending Wirral Council planning application to the local press including Wirral News five days ahead of the meeting, celebrating success in the ‘titanic struggle’ for planning to be granted ( it was to be a Health Centre built on Green Belt land in Thingwall) only to see the application fail by a unanimous vote against by all members of the planning committee.

Suffering egg on his face Stephen Hesford said in a reply to the Wirral News “I accept now, in anticipation, we were wrong" but then went on to accuse local Tories and Lib Dems of hatching an "unholly alliance" perhaps forgetting that the Wirral Council is run by a Labour and Liberal Democrat alliance.

External links

• Stephen Hesford official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Stephen Hesford MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Stephen Hesford MP