David Joseph Henry is a writer, human rights activist and former parliamentary candidate from

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, England. He is a former pupil of Oakwood High School in Chorlton.

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In 1999 he co-founded the Queer Youth Network. He writes a regular column in London's ''

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'' , and has been a contributor to ''

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'' and '' OutNorthWest''. David has been outspoken in the media and petitioned the government on the issue of

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and has argued that they "create a two-tier system of inequality". In June 2009 he attempted to perform a

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Hazel Blears Hazel Anne Blears (born 14 May 1956) is a former British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles, previously Salford, from 1997 to 2015. One of 101 female Labour MPs elected at the 1997 g ...

at a constituency party meeting in Swinton. He was selected to contest the

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seat at the 2010 general election, beating

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TUC leader Alec McFadden by a majority vote after responding to

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's call for a "community champion" during a public meeting in Eccles. He received 730 votes and Hazel Blears received 16,655. Despite the distribution of votes, David's campaign generated notable media interest. He was shadowed by a

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and was the focus of the 30-minute documentary film ''The Candidate'' which premièred on Channel M. Described as an "intimate and amusing portrait". It has since been shown at a number of film festivals and has received acclaim after being nominated for the Royal Television Society Awards, Exposures 2001 and the Salford International Film Festival.

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