John Heppell was born on 3 November 1948 and is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election.
12 Facts About John Heppell
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John Heppell was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 2005 to 2007.
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John Heppell worked for the National Coal Board from 1964 as a fitter until he left in 1970 to work as a fitter in Nottingham.
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John Heppell joined British Rail in 1975, originally as a diesel fitter, becoming a workshop supervisor in 1978 until he left in 1989.
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John Heppell was elected as a councillor to Nottinghamshire County Council in 1981, serving as the deputy leader for three years from 1989, stepping down from the council in 1993.
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John Heppell was elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election for Nottingham East by defeating the sitting Conservative MP Michael Knowles by 7,680 votes and remained the MP there until 2010.
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John Heppell made his maiden speech on 11 May 1992, in which he recalled that it was in his constituency at Sneinton that the founder of the Salvation Army William Booth launched his crusade against poverty in the early 19th century.
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John Heppell became a member of the Tony Blair government following the 2001 general election when he was appointed as a Lord Commissioner to the Treasury and Government Whip and was promoted within the Whips Office becoming the Vice-Chamberlain of the Household following the 2005 general election.
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John Heppell was a member of the selection select committee from 2001.
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John Heppell has been married to Eileen Golding since 1974 and they have two sons, a daughter and two grandchildren.
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John Heppell is a member of the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union having resigned from the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers in 2002.
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On 26 March 2010, John Heppell announced that he would stand down at the 2010 general election due to his wife suffering from breast cancer.