Dr Howard Geoffrey Alvan Stoate (born 14 April 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

(MP) for the Dartford constituency in

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from

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to 2010.

Early life

He went to the independent

Kingston Grammar School Kingston Grammar School is an independent co-educational day school in Kingston upon Thames, England. The school was founded by Royal Charter in 1561 but can trace its roots back to at least the 13th century.

and at King's College London, gaining an MSc and Diploma of the RCOG ( DRCOG). Stoate was a junior hospital doctor from 1977 to 1981, then a general practitioner in Bexleyheath from 1982, and a GP tutor at Queen Mary's Hospital in

Sidcup Sidcup is an area of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, bordering the London Boroughs of Bromley and Greenwich. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was in the ...

from 1989. He was a

Dartford Borough Council Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in E ...

lor from 1990 to 99, Chair of Finance 1995–97.

Parliamentary career

He was elected MP for Dartford in 1997, having previously contested the seat in 1992 and Old Bexley and Sidcup in

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. Having won the seat, he was re-elected in 2001 and 2005. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to

Estelle Morris Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, (born 17 June 1952), is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (M ...

between 2003 and 2005. Stoate announced on 28 July 2009 that he would stand down at the next election. He has also written a number of pamphlets for the

Fabian Society The Fabian Society is a British socialist organisation whose purpose is to advance the principles of social democracy and democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rather than by revolutionary overthrow. T ...

including 'Challenging the Citadel' in 2006.

Subsequent career

On leaving Parliament he became Chair of the Bexley

Clinical Commissioning Group Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were NHS organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in each of their local areas in England. On 1 July 2022 they were abolished and replaced by Integ ...

, having continued to practice as a GP during his parliamentary career.

Personal life

He married Deborah Dunkerley in 1979 in Dartford and they have two sons (born September 1984 and April 1987).

References

External links

*
Dr Howard Stoate
official site

* ttps://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/howard_stoate/dartford TheyWorkForYou.com - Howard Stoate MP
BBC Politics page

News items

Tanning salons in July 2006

Having to move out of his offices in July 2005

Warning about obesity in January 2003
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stoate, Howard 1954 births Living people Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 20th-century English medical doctors Alumni of King's College London Borough of Dartford Councillors in Kent People educated at Kingston Grammar School Members of the Fabian Society