Brian David Jenkins (born 19 September 1942) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamworth from

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until 2010. From 1996 to 1997, he was MP for South East Staffordshire before minor boundary changes in 1997.

Parliamentary career

Jenkins was elected to the

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at the South East Staffordshire by-election in April 1996, following the death of

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MP David Lightbown. He had contested the seat in 1992. The South East Staffordshire constituency was abolished in boundary changes at the 1997 general election, when he was returned to Parliament for the new Tamworth constituency. He was re-elected at the 2001 general election and again in 2005, but lost the seat to the Conservative Party candidate

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in 2010.

References

External links

ePolitix – Brian Jenkins MP
official site

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060917165014/http://www.labour.org.uk/maps/locinfo.phtml?ctid=2531 Brian Jenkins' Page at the Labour Party
TheyWorkForYou.com – Brian Jenkins MP

BBC Politics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Brian David 1942 births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Tamworth, Staffordshire UK MPs 1992–1997 UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 Mayors of places in Staffordshire