14 Facts About Malcolm Wicks

Malcolm Hunt Wicks was a British Labour Party politician and academic specialising in social policy.

Malcolm Wicks was a member of parliament from 1992, first for Croydon North West and then for Croydon North, until his death in 2012.

Malcolm Wicks was educated at the independent Elizabeth College, Guernsey; North West London Polytechnic and the London School of Economics gaining a BSc in Sociology.

Malcolm Wicks worked in the Urban Deprivation Unit of the Home Office as a social policy analyst from 1974 to 1977, and was a lecturer in Social Administration at Brunel University from 1970 to 1974.

Malcolm Wicks was later Director of the Family Policy Studies Centre from 1983 to 1992.

Malcolm Wicks was involved in politics in Croydon, chairing his local Constituency Labour Party and standing for election to Croydon Council before his election to Parliament.

Malcolm Wicks was first elected in 1992 for Croydon North West after having previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1987.

Malcolm Wicks was one of the few MPs whose Private Member's Bill reached the statute books, with the Carers Act 1995 recognising the needs of family carers.

Malcolm Wicks was Chairman of the Education Select Committee from 1998 until his July 1999 appointment as Minister for Lifelong Learning in the Department for Education and Employment.

In Gordon Brown's first reshuffle on 28 June 2007, Malcolm Wicks was moved to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which replaced the Department of Trade and Industry, to resume his old role as Minister for Energy.

Malcolm Wicks was a vice-president of Carers UK and the Alzheimer's Society.

Malcolm Wicks stood down from the government in October 2008 for issues relating to a decommissioning scheme at Sellafield, accepting an appointment to the Privy Council and becoming the Prime Minister's special representative on international energy issues.

Malcolm Wicks was re-elected as the MP for Croydon North on 6 May 2010 with an increased majority of 16,483.

Malcolm Wicks married Margaret Baron in 1968 and they had a son and two daughters.