Ian Cawsey went to Welholme Primary School on Heneage Road, then Wintringham School on Weelsby Avenue in Grimsby.
11 Facts About Ian Cawsey
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Ian Cawsey stood for Great Grimsby Borough Council unsuccessfully in Wellow ward in 1983, Gilbey ward in 1984 and Wintringham ward in 1987.
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Ian Cawsey was later elected a county councillor for the Ashby division in Scunthorpe on the former Humberside County Council from 1989 until its abolition in 1996.
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Ian Cawsey was first elected at the 1997 election, and was seen as a strong supporter of Tony Blair and New Labour.
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Ian Cawsey chaired the Associate Parliamentary group for Animal Welfare and was twice voted by MPs and Peers of all parties as the Dods Charity Champion for Animal Welfare.
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Ian Cawsey served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Williams of Mostyn from 2001 to 2002.
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Ian Cawsey then became PPS to David Miliband at the Department for Education and Skills and then the Cabinet Office.
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On taking office Gordon Brown appointed Cawsey to be a Vice-Chair of the Labour Party with responsibility for animal welfare.
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Ian Cawsey played from 1990 to 1997 in a well known local 60s covers band, The Moggies, the band reformed in 2011 and have established a popular local following once more.
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Ian Cawsey had collapsed at home in March 1998, being taken to Scunthorpe General Hospital, with Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Ian Cawsey is a Winterton Town Councillor and an after dinner speaker.