David Alan Heyes (born 2 April 1946) is a

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and former

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(MP) for

Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...

from 2001 to 2015.

Early life

Heyes was born in

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, Manchester and was educated at the Blackley Technical High School on ''Dommett Street'' and was awarded a BA in Social sciences from the

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in 1987. He joined Manchester City Council in 1962 as a local government officer, before joining

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County Council in 1974. He was appointed as a principal local government officer with the

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in 1987, leaving local government employment in 1990 to set up as a graphic designer. In 1995 he was appointed deputy district manager of Manchester

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where he remained until his election to parliament. He has been a member of the trade union

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, and its predecessor the

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, since 1962. He was elected as a councillor in Oldham in 1992 and was secretary of the Labour group from 1993 to 2000; he stood down from the council in 2004.

Parliamentary career

Following the retirement of Ashton's veteran Labour MP

Robert Sheldon Robert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon PC (born Isaac Ezra Shamash; 13 September 1923 – 2 February 2020) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton under Lyne from 1964 to 2001. E ...

at the 2001 General Election, he represented the seat in the

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until 2015. He has served as a member of the public administration select committee since 2001 and has fought for compensation for residents living alongside the

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Personal life

He is married to Judith Egerton-Gallagher, and they have a son and a daughter.

References

External links

The Labour Party - David Heyes MP
official biography

TheyWorkForYou.com - David Heyes MP

Blakes Parliamentary Yearbook

BBC Politics

Interview with David Heyes
in MP3 format, October 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Heyes, David Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 UK MPs 2010–2015 Councillors in Greater Manchester Alumni of the Open University Politicians from Manchester 1946 births Living people Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ashton-under-Lyne