David Stanley Borrow was born on 2 August 1952 and is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for South Ribble from 1997 to 2010.
14 Facts About David Borrow
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David Borrow is currently a Labour Party councillor on Preston City Council and was appointed Mayor of Preston on 15 May 2019.
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David Borrow joined the Labour Party in 1970 aged 18, and in 1973 he became a trainee at the Yorkshire Bank.
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David Borrow was appointed as an assistant clerk at the Lancashire Valuations Tribunal in 1975, being promoted to Deputy Clerk in 1978.
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David Borrow was the Deputy Clerk to the Manchester South Valuations Tribunal in 1981, before becoming the Clerk to The Tribunal at the Merseyside Valuations Tribunal in 1983.
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David Borrow was elected as a councillor to the Preston Borough Council in 1987, and was the council leader between 1992 and 1994, and again from 1995 until his election to Westminster.
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David Borrow contested the parliamentary seat of Wyre at the 1992 General Election and he finished second 11,664 votes behind the Conservative MP Keith Mans.
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South Ribble was one of the many seats which was won by Labour in 1997, and David Borrow was elected to serve as the Labour Member of Parliament for the South Ribble constituency with a majority of 5,084, and held the seat until 2010.
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David Borrow made his maiden speech on 3 July 1997.
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David Borrow did not remain as Howells's PPS after the 2005 General Election.
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David Borrow was formerly a member of the Defence Select Committee.
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David Borrow came out publicly in 1998 to be able to speak honestly during the age of consent campaign and raise issues that are important to all lesbians and gay men.
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David Borrow contributed articles to the gay rights magazine Outcast.
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David Borrow entered into a civil partnership with John Garland, his long standing partner, in May 2006, the first MP to do so.