Bob Wareing
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Bob Wareing MP
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Member of Parliament
for Liverpool West Derby |
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| Assumed office 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Eric Ogden |
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| Majority | 15,225 (50.0%) |
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| Born | 20 August 1930 Liverpool |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Independent MP |
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Labour (until 2007) |
| Spouse | Betty Coward |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Robert Nelson Wareing, commonly known as Bob Wareing (born 20 August 1930), is a British independent politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby. Until November 2007 he was a Labour MP, but resigned the party whip following his deselection as the party's candidate in his constituency.
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[edit] Early life
Wareing was born in Liverpool and went to Ranworth Square Council School (now Ranworth Square Primary School) in Norris Green, then Alsop High School on Queens Drive in Liverpool. He gained an external BSc degree in Economics from the University of London in 1956 and a teacher's certificate from Bolton College of Education (now part of the University of Bolton) the following year. He was a local government officer for Liverpool Corporation from 1946 to 1948 and from 1950 to 1956. He was a lecturer at Brooklyn Technical College in Great Barr from 1957 to 1959, at Wigan and District Mining and Technical College from 1959 to 1963, at Liverpool College of Commerce on Tithebarn Street from 1963 to 1965, at Liverpool City Institute of Further Education from 1964 to 1972, and at the Central Liverpool College of Further Education from 1972 to 1983 as Deputy Head of Adult Education.
[edit] Parliamentary career
Wareing was first elected to the House of Commons at the 1983 general election, having previously stood (unsuccessfully) in Liverpool Edge Hill at the by-election in March 1979 and at the 1979 general election. He also contested Berwick upon Tweed in 1970.
In July 1997, the House of Commons Select Committee on Standards and Privileges reprimanded and suspended Wareing from the Commons for a week over the non-declaration of the interests of his consultancy firm. Known in some quarters as "Serbian Bob" or the "member for Belgrade" as a result of his pro-Serb views, he was one of the few Labour MPs to vote against the NATO intervention over Kosovo in 1999.
Wareing is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, and an affiliate of the Labour Representation Committee, frequently rebelling against the government. On 31 October 2006, Wareing was one of 12 Labour MPs to back Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party's call for an inquiry into the Iraq War.[1] In August 2007 Wareing failed to gain sufficient support from grassroots Labour Party and Trade Union members to avoid facing a challenge in his reselection as the Labour candidate for the next general election. On 16 September 2007, Wareing was defeated in a selection contest by former MP Stephen Twigg. He denounced his deselection as the work of a "New Labour Mafia", announced his intention to seek re-election as an independent[2][3] and resigned the Labour whip.
[edit] Personal life
He married Betty Coward (born July 1929) on 16 August 1962. She died in March 1989 in Lambeth.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Labour MPs who rebelled on Iraq". BBC News. 2006-10-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6104310.stm. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.
- ^ "Deselected Wareing to quit Labour". BBC News. 17 September 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6999733.stm. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
- ^ David Bartlett (17 September 2007). "Rejected MP Bob Wareing vows to stand as an independent". Liverpool Daily Post. http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=rejected-mp-bob-wareing-vows-to-stand-as-an-independent&method=full&objectid=19801977&siteid=50061-name_page.html. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
[edit] External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Robert Wareing MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Robert Wareing MP
- The Public Whip - Robert Wareing MP voting record
- BBC News - Robert Wareing profile 30 March, 2006
[edit] Video clips
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| Preceded by Eric Ogden |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby 1983 – present |
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