David John Nellist was born on 16 July 1952 and is a British Trotskyist activist who was the MP for the constituency of Coventry South East from 1983 to 1992.
11 Facts About Dave Nellist
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Dave Nellist is the National Chair of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, a member of the Socialist Party, and was a city councillor in Coventry from 1998 to 2012.
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From 1982 to 1986, Dave Nellist was a Labour councillor for Coventry on West Midlands County Council.
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The duo's differing political views were considered not to make for the most harmonious working environment, so Blair was quickly allocated office space with Gordon Brown, another newly elected Labour MP, and Dave Nellist subsequently shared the office of the other Militant supporting MP, Terry Fields.
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Dave Nellist gained the support of his Constituency party and a number of local trade unions.
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Dave Nellist followed the majority of Militant in founding what became the Socialist Party.
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Dave Nellist was a prominent figure in organising the Socialist Alliance, locally and across the UK, as a loose formation of individuals and groups.
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Dave Nellist became the Chair of the Socialist Alliance, but resigned in 2001, in protest of what the Socialist Party saw as manoeuvrings of the Socialist Workers Party to take control of the Alliance.
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Dave Nellist is involved in the Campaign for a New Workers' Party in Britain, which is a Socialist Party sponsored campaign to create a new party to represent the working class in the UK.
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Dave Nellist ran in every general election since his deselection by the Labour Party until 2015.
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Dave Nellist stood as a candidate for TUSC in the 2010 general elections in the constituency Coventry North East, although he stood under the label Socialist Alternative.