Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall

Infobox MP
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constituency_MP = Bedford and Kempston
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majority = 3,383 (8.0%)
predecessor = "Constituency recreated"
successor = Incumbent
term_start = 1 May 1997
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1951|10|20|df=yes
birth_place = Birmingham
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nationality = British
spouse = Claudia Caggiula
party = Labour
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alma_mater = Oxford Brookes University
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Patrick Hall (born October 20, 1951) is a British politician. He is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Bedford and Kempston.

Early life

Patrick Hall was educated at the independent Bedford Modern School, the University of Birmingham and Oxford Polytechnic. He joined Bedford Borough Council in 1975 as a local government planning officer, becoming the borough's Town Centre Coordinator, he remained employed by the council until his election to Parliament.

Parliamentary career

He was elected as a councillor to the Bedfordshire County Council 1989-97 and was a member of the North Bedfordshire Community Health Council. He contested Bedfordshire North at the 1992 General Election, but was defeated by the veteran Conservative MP Trevor Skeet by 11,618 votes.

He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election for the new seat of Bedford and Kempston with a majority of 8,300. He was re-elected at the 2001 and 2005 election, albeit with reduced majorities. He made his maiden speech on July 30, 1997. [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970730/debtext/70730-01.htm#70730-01_spnew0]

His key task is to represent Bedford and Kempston but he is also a member of the Select Committee for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Chair of the All Party Town Centre Management Group and of the Patient and Public Involvement in Health Group and Secretary of the Parliamentary Health Group.

He is the first Labour MP ever to hold the Bedford seat for more than a single term.

Personal life

He married Italian Claudia Caggiula in 2004. She is a vice-consul for the Italian embassy. He has lived around the area of his constituency for over 40 years and he enjoys a game of squash.

External links

* [http://www.labour.org.uk/maps/locinfo.phtml?ctid=2401&mnu=3 The Labour Party - Patrick Hall MP] official biography
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-2146,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Patrick Hall MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/patrick_hall/bedford TheyWorkForYou.com - Patrick Hall MP]
* [http://www.patrickhallmp.org.uk/ Website - Patrick Hall MP]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/38.stm BBC Politics page]

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title = Member of Parliament for Bedford
years = 1997–
before = "Constituency recreated"
after = Incumbent


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