1. Sir Hugh Nigel Edward Bayley was born on 9 January 1952 and is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for York Central, previously York and City of York, from 1992 to 2015.
17 Facts About Hugh Bayley
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Hugh Bayley was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Camden in 1980 and became the general secretary of the International Broadcasting Trust in 1982.
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Hugh Bayley stepped down as a councillor and moved to York to take up a post as research officer in health economics at the University of York from 1987 to 1992.
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Hugh Bayley was a lecturer in social policy at the university from 1986 until 1998.
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Hugh Bayley was nominated as the Labour candidate for York at the 1987 general election but was defeated by just 147 votes by the Conservative Conal Gregory.
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Conal Gregory and Hugh Bayley again fought it out at the 1992 general election in York and this time Bayley won by a comfortable margin.
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The name of the York constituency was changed and Hugh Bayley won a majority of over 20,000 at the 1997 general election.
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Hugh Bayley was deputed to bring the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill through the Commons, which attracted much criticism from backbench Labour MPs over plans to means-test and restrict access to incapacity benefit.
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Hugh Bayley was dropped from government after the 2001 general election.
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Hugh Bayley has since served on the International Development Committee and pioneered the foundation of the Africa All-Party Parliamentary Group, serving as chair for several years, now being its vice-chair.
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Hugh Bayley was president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly from November 2012 to 2014.
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Hugh Bayley was a chairman of the Public Bill Committee.
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The City of York constituency was abolished in 2010, with Hugh Bayley being elected in the 2010 general election to represent the successor constituency York Central.
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Hugh Bayley accepted the appointment, but stated that he would serve only temporarily and would not run for a Deputy Speakership, as he preferred to be able to represent his constituents by speaking out on issues before the House.
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On 5 December 2014, Hugh Bayley announced his intention to stand down as a Labour MP at the 2015 general election.
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Hugh Bayley was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours for his "services to parliamentary engagement with NATO".
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Sir Hugh Bayley was active in the Anti-Apartheid Movement in his student days.