Jim Dowd (politician)

Jim Dowd (politician)

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constituency_MP = Lewisham West
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majority = 9,932 (31.1%)
predecessor = John Maples
successor = Incumbent
term_start = 9 April 1992
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birth_place = Bad Eilsen, Lower Saxony
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James Patrick "Jim" Dowd (5 March 1951) is a British Labour politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Lewisham West.

Early life

Jim Dowd was born in Bad Eilsen in Lower Saxony, Germany and grew up in Lewisham, London with an Irish father and German mother. He was educated at the Dalmain Infant and Junior Schools in Forest Hill; the Sedgehill Comprehensive School, Catford, and the London Nautical School, Lambeth. He began his career in telephone engineering as an apprentice in 1967 with the General Post Office (GPO). After his apprenticeship in 1972, he became a manager at a Heron petrol station for a year before joining Plessey as a telecommunications engineer in 1973, where he remained until his election to Parliament.

Dowd was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham in 1974, becoming its deputy leader in 1984 for two years. He was twice deputy mayor in 1987 and 1990, and was the Mayor of Lewisham in 1992. He stepped down from the council in 1997.

Parliamentary career

Dowd first stood for Parliament at the 1983 general election for the seat of Beckenham, finishing in third place behind the veteran Conservative MP Philip Goodhart by some 17,330 votes. At the 1987 general election he contested the marginal seat of Lewisham West, but was defeated by John Maples by 3,772 votes.

But, five years later at the 1992 general election, Dowd contested Lewisham West again, and this time defeated Maples by 1,809 votes. He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 10 June 1992. [ [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1992-06-10/Debate-2.html "Hansard", 10 June 1992, col.337] ]

Jim Dowd entered the new Tony Blair team as an opposition whip in 1994, before becoming the spokesman on Northern Ireland in 1995. Following the election of the Labour government at the 1997 General Election he was given a place in the Blair government as a whip. He was unexpectedly sacked after the 2001 general election, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2118851.stm BBC News: Politics - Jim Dowd MP profile (2002)] ] since when he has been a member of the Health Select Committee.

In 2005 he was involved in a heated confrontation in Parliament with fellow Labour MP Bob Marshall-Andrews over the Terrorism Bill. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4423152.stm BBC News: Politics - MP demands inquiry over colleague] ]

Dowd is a member of the Unite trade union.

Personal life

Dowd lists his interests as music, theatre and reading, and enjoys travelling in Cornwall. His partner Janet Anderson is the Labour MP for Rossendale and Darwen.

ee also

*Dowd (surname)

References

External links

* [http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Jim+Dowd ePolitix - Jim Dowd] official site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-1456,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Jim Dowd MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/jim_dowd/lewisham_west TheyWorkForYou.com - Jim Dowd MP]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Jim_Dowd&mpc=Lewisham_West The Public Whip - Jim Dowd MP] voting record
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/370.stm BBC News: Politics - Jim Dowd MP profile (2005)]


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