Mark Wainwright Todd (born 29 December 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the

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(MP) for

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from

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. Todd became the Chairman of

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in January 2014.

Early life and career

Todd's grandfather Alfred Todd was a

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MP for

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from 1929 to 1935. His father, Matthew Todd, was a submariner in the Royal Navy, seeing action in

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and commanding the

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. Todd attended

Sherborne School (God and My Right) , established = 705 by Aldhelm, re-founded by King Edward VI 1550 , closed = , type = Public school Independent, boarding school , religion = Church of England , president = , chair_label = Chairman of the governors , ...

in north

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and

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

, gaining a BA degree in history in 1976. He served for twelve years as a

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lor, spending three years as leader, from 1987 to 1990, and five years as deputy leader. Todd was a managing director of the

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publishing house from 1977 to 1996. In this company he worked from 1988 to 1992 in industry and public service management, from 1990 to 1992 at Carter Mill and in information technology from 1992 to 1994. A former

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consumer co-operative A consumers' co-operative is an enterprise owned by consumers and managed democratically and that aims at fulfilling the needs and aspirations of its members. Such co-operatives operate within the market system, independently of the state, as a fo ...

Cambridge & District Co-operative Society, before its 1991 merger with

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, he is a member of the

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Parliamentary career

Todd first contested the seat of

in 1992, before gaining the seat from the Conservative's

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in 1997. He steered the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 through Parliament as a

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. The Act is an amendment to the

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, which regulates a form of UK corporation known as the

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. Todd announced on 21 September 2007 that he would stand down as the MP for South Derbyshire when the 2010 next general election was called.Mark Todd Announces He Will Not Fight Next Election
''

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'', 22 September 2007.

Personal life

Todd married Sarah Dawson in 1979 in Cambridge; their son was born in December 1992. He and his wife live in

Findern Findern is a village and civil parish in the District of South Derbyshire, approximately 5–6 miles south of Derby (Grid reference: ). The population of the civil parish was 1,669 at the 2011 Census. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Bo ...

References

External links

Official constituency office website

TheyWorkForYou.com - Mark Todd MP

BBC Politics page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Todd, Mark 1954 births Living people Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge People educated at Sherborne School People from Dorchester, Dorset UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire Councillors in Cambridgeshire People from Findern