John Spellar
John Spellar was born in Bromley in 1947, and was educated at Bromley Parish Primary School, Dulwich College and St. Edmunds Hall, Oxford (Philosophy, Politics, Economics).
He was a Bromley Borough Councillor from 1970 to 1974 and was elected as the MP for Birmingham Northfield from 1982 to 1983. He was elected as the MP for Warley West in 1992-1997 and Warley in
1997.
He has been the National Officer for the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union since 1969. John was appointed as Opposition Whip with responsibility for Employment, Trade
and Industry and Parliamentary Business 19992-1994. Oposition spokesman on Northern Ireland from 1994-1995, and on Defence from 1995-1997.
John became Minister of State for the Armed Forces on 29 July 1999; Minister for Transport in June 2001 and was made Minister for Northern Ireland on 6 June 2003 to May 2005.
John enjoys gardening and reading.
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