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Robert Jackson (Wantage MP)
Robert Victor Jackson (born 24 September 1946) is a British politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 1979 to 1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 1984 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Wantage (UK Parliament constituency), Wantage from 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 to 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005, having been elected as a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative; however, he joined the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party in 2005. Early life He was raised in Nkana, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) where his father worked on the copper mines and was educated at Falcon College in Rhodesia and St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, where he rose to the presidency of the Oxford Union. He was then elected to a fellowship of All Souls College, Oxford, one of the UK's most prestigious academic distinctions. Jackson is married to Caroline Jackson, a former Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wantage (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wantage is a constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Conservative MP David Johnston. Johnston was first elected at the 2019 general election replacing Ed Vaizey who served as MP for Wantage for 14 years after first being elected at the 2005 general election. History The constituency was created for the 1983 general election further to the Third Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies. This followed on from the reorganisation of local government under the Local Government Act 1972 which came in to force in April 1974. This saw the bulk of the area represented by the constituency of Abingdon in Berkshire being transferred to Oxfordshire. Under the Review, the majority of the Abingdon constituency formed the new constituency of Wantage, with the town of Abingdon-on-Thames and areas to the west of Oxford being included in the new constituency of Oxford West and Abingdon. The first MP for Wantage was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
