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Keith Vaz
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'''Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz''' known simply as '''Keith Vaz''' (born
November 26 1956) is a
United Kingdom British politician, and MP for
Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester East for the
Labour Party (UK) Labour party.
Early life
He was born in
Aden in
1956, where his father (originally from
Goa (state) Goa) was a foreign correspondent for the
Times of India. His family moved to
Twickenham in
England in
1965. He studied
law at
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College,
University of Cambridge Cambridge, gaining a first.
Career
He contested the safe
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative seat of
Richmond and Barnes (UK Parliament constituency) Richmond and Barnes in the
1983 general election, and a year later lost a by-election for
Surrey West (UK Parliament constituency) Surrey West.
For the
1987 election he was chosen to stand for the seat of Leicester East, which had 16,000 Asian voters. He won, and defeated the right-wing Conservative
Peter Bruinvels. He became a popular constituency MP and became a frontbench spokesman for the opposition in
1992. However he was excluded from
Tony Blair's government after Labour took power in
1997.
He was quickly promoted though, eventually becoming
Minister for Europe in the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and it was here that he would meet his downfall. He was implicated in scandal involving donations he received[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/02/04/nvaz04.xml], and citizenship applications for the
Hinduja brothers and was forced to resign.
He is also trying to have the
Rockstar Games Rockstar game
Bully (video game) Bully banned in the UK. [http://www.livejournal.com/users/gamepolitics/148125.html?mode=reply]
External links
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Keith Vaz, MP unofficial blog
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Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Keith Vaz MP
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TheyWorkForYou.com - Keith Vaz MP
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