Geoffrey William Hoon is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 1992 to 2010. He is a former Defence Secretary,Transport Secretary,Leader of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip.
Dame Margaret Mary Beckett is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South since 1983. A member of the Labour Party,she became Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006 and served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tony Blair throughout his tenure. Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1994,Beckett briefly served as Leader of the Opposition and Acting Leader of the Labour Party following John Smith's death in 1994.
Stephen John Byers is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallsend between 1992 and 1997,and North Tyneside from 1997 to 2010. He served in the Cabinet from 1998 to 2002,and was implicated in the MP expenses scandal and retired from politics in 2010.
Anthony Louis Banks,Baron Stratford was a British politician who served as Minister for Sport from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party,he was a member of Parliament from 1983 to 2005 and subsequently as a member of the House of Lords. He was well known in the House of Commons for his acid tongue.
Adam Paterson Ingram is a British Labour Party politician,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride,Strathaven and Lesmahagow from 1987 to 2010.
Sir John Dominic Battle,is a British Labour Party politician,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1987 to 2010.
Richard Haines Burden is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield from 1992 to 2019. He served as a Shadow Transport Minister from 2013 to 2016 and again from 2016 to 2017. After the 2017 general election,he returned to the backbenches and served as a member of the House of Commons International Development Committee.
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician,who has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ogmore since 2016. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore from 2002 to 2016.
James Keith Chapman,known as Ben Chapman,is a British Labour Party politician and former civil servant who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wirral South from 1997 to 2010.
David Gordon Clelland is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tyne Bridge from the 1985 by-election until the 2010 general election.
Nigel Griffiths is a British Labour Party politician,and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South from 1987 to 2010.
Ivan John Henderson is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich from 1997 to 2005. He is currently a member of Essex County Council for Harwich.
Charles Hendry is a British Conservative Party politician. Formerly the member of parliament for High Peak between the 1992 and 1997 general elections,he was returned as the MP for Wealden in 2001. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change and served until 2012. He stood down at the 2015 general election.
Gerard Sutcliffe is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South from 1994 to 2015. He was the Minister for Sport and Tourism in the Brown Government.
Henry Paul Guinness Channon,Baron Kelvedon,was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years,from 1959 until 1997. He served in various ministerial offices,and was a Cabinet minister for 3½years,as President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from January 1986 to June 1987,and then as Secretary of State for Transport to July 1989.
Sir Albert Edward Patrick Duffy KCSG is a British economist and Labour Party politician. He was the member of parliament for Colne Valley from 1963 to 1966,and for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1970 to 1992. Duffy was also a Minister of the Navy in the 1970s,and president of the NATO Assembly in the 1980s. Following the death of Ronald Atkins on 30 December 2020,Duffy became Britain's oldest surviving former MP.
Stanley Clinton Clinton-Davis,Baron Clinton-Davis,was a British politician and solicitor. A member of the Labour Party,he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney Central from 1970 to 1983,and was a minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson,James Callaghan and Tony Blair. He was European Commissioner in the Delors Commission (1985–1989). In 1990,he became a life peer,sitting on the Labour benches in the House of Lords until his retirement in 2018.
Paul Christopher Blomfield is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central since 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he was a Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2020 and Shadow Minister for Brexit and European Union Negotiations from 2020 to 2021.
John Matthew Patrick Hutton,Baron Hutton of Furness,is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow and Furness from 1992 to 2010 and served in a number of Cabinet offices,including Defence Secretary and Business Secretary. He is a former Chairman of the Royal United Services Institute.
The 2010 cash for influence scandal was a political scandal in the United Kingdom. It was brought to public and widespread media attention by a March 2010 documentary by Dispatches in which a journalistic sting operation recorded and revealed Members of Parliament and the Lords offering to work for a fictitious political lobbying firm for fees of £3,000 to £5,000 per day.
