Bob Blizzard
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| Bob Blizzard MP | |
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Member of Parliament
for Waveney | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | David Porter |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
| Born | May 31 1951 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Robert John 'Bob' Blizzard (born May 31, 1951) British politician and is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Waveney.
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[edit] Early life
Bob Blizzard was born in 1951 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and was educated at Culford School in Bury St Edmunds and the University of Birmingham, from where he was awarded a BA degree in 1971.
After his own education, he became a teacher. In 1973, he became an English teacher at the Gravesend Secondary School. He was appointed as the Head of the English Department at the Crayford School on Iron Mill Lane, Crayford in Bexley in 1976. In 1986, he became the Head of English at the Lynn Grove High School in Gorleston-on-Sea.
[edit] Parliamentary career
He was elected as a councillor to Waveney District Council in 1987, and became its leader in 1991. He stepped down from the council on his election to Westminster. Bob Blizzard was selected to fight the Conservative held seat of Waveney at the 1997 General Election. In the year of the Labour landslide he defeated the sitting MP David Porter by over 12,000 votes, and he was elected as the first Labour MP for Waveney. He made his maiden speech on June 10, 1997.
In 1999, he became the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Nick Brown, and remained Brown's PPS after the 2001 General Election in his boss's new roll as Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. Blizzard resigned in March 2003 in protest at the Iraq War. After the 2005 General Election, Blizzard was appointed as PPS to the Europe Minister at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Douglas Alexander, and remained Alexander's PPS when his boss became Secretary of State for Transport in 2006.
[edit] Personal life
He married Lyn O'Donnell in 1978 in Dartford, and they have a son and daughter. They live in Lowestoft.
[edit] External links
- Bob Blizzard official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Bob Blizzard MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Bob Blizzard MP
- BBC Politics page
[edit] News items
| Preceded by David Porter | MP for Waveney 1997 – present | Incumbent |
