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Mike Hancock
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:''For the mayor of Brantford, Ontario, see
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'''Michael Thomas ''Mike'' Hancock'''
Order of the British Empire CBE (born
April 9,
1946)
United Kingdom British politician. He is
Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for
Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency) Portsmouth South.
Mike Hancock was born in
Portsmouth,
Hampshire, the son of a
sailor, he was educated locally at the Copnor and
Portsea School. He worked as an
engineer until he was first elected to
Palace of Westminster parliament, and in the years between his parliamentary career he worked as both a director of the ''Daytime Club'' at the
BBC and as a district officer for
Mencap MENCAP.
He joined the
Labour Party (UK) Labour Party in
1968 and was elected as a councillor to the
Portsmouth City Council in
1970, he left the Labour Party and joined the new
Social Democratic Party (UK) Social Democratic Party (SDP) in
1981, and became the leader of the council in
1989 until his second election to the
British House of Commons House of Commons, and he remains the member for
Fratton, Hampshire Fratton on the city council. He was also elected to the
Hampshire County Council in
1973, becoming the leader of the Labour group on the council in
1977 until he left party, leading the council
1989-
1997 97 when he stood down.
He unsusccessfully contested
Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency) Portsmouth South for the SDP at the
United Kingdom general election, 1983 1983 General Election but was defeated by the sitting
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative MP
Bonner Pink by 12,335 votes. Pink died on
May 6,
1984, and Hancock was elected, again for the SDP, at the
List of UK by-elections#49th Parliament (1983 - 1987) by-election by 1,341 votes. However, he was defeated at the
United Kingdom general election, 1987 1987 General Election to the Tory
David Martin (English politician) David Martin by just 205 votes. He narrowly lost the seat to Martin again at the
United Kingdom general election, 1992 1992 General Election, this time by just 242. He also contested the
European Parliament seat of
Isle of Wight Wight and Hampshire in
1994. He returned to parliament at the
United Kingdom general election, 1997 1997 General Election, defeating Martin by 4,327 votes and has held the seat for the Liberal Democrats since.
He was promoted to the
frontbencher frontbench by
Paddy Ashdown in
1997 as the spokesman on
Foreign and Commonwealth Office foreign and commonwealth affairs until
2000 when he was moved by
Charles Kennedy to speak on the environment, transport and the regions, but returned to the
backbencher backbenches following the
United Kingdom general election, 2001 2001 General Election. He has been a member of both the
Ministry of Defence defence select committee and the
Speaker of the British House of Commons Speaker's panel of chairmen since
1999. He is the vice chairman of the all party groups on
Russia,
Croatia, and
football (soccer) football
He has been married to Jacqueline Elliott since
1967 and has a son and a daughter. He has been the chairman of the southern region of the
NSPCC since
1989 and has been the vice chairman of Portsmouth Dock since
1992 and was awarded the
Order of the British Empire Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the same year. He is a former member of the
Salvation Army.
External links
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Mike Hancock MP official site
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Mike Hancock MP profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
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Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Michael Hancock MP
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TheyWorkForYou.com - Mike Hancock MP
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The Public Whip - Mike Hancock MP voting record
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BBC News - Mike Hancock profile
10 February,
2005
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Hancocks Half Hour
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Category:UK Labour Party politicians Hancock, Mike
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