Brian Iddon (born 5 July 1940) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton South East from

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Early life

Born in Tarleton,

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and attended the village's

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Primary School, Christ Church Boys' School,

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and the Southport Technical College (now Southport College). He went on to study at the

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where he was awarded a BSc degree in

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in 1961 and a

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in 1964. Later in 1981, he was awarded a

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for his work in Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry. He joined the staff of

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as a temporary organic chemistry lecturer in 1964 before becoming a demonstrator in organic chemistry in 1965. In 1966, he became an organic chemistry lecturer at the

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until he became a senior lecturer at the university in 1978. In 1986, he became a reader and left the university on his election to the

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in 1997.

Parliamentary career

From 1976 until 1998 he served on the Bolton Borough Council. He was first returned to Parliament in the 1997 election as the MP for Bolton South East following the retirement of David Young. He served as MP until he stood down at the 2010 general election. He served on the Environmental Audit United Kingdom from 1997 until 2001, was a member of the science and technology committee 2000–07 and a member of the Innovation, Universities,

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and Skills committee since 2007. He also known as a campaigner for the legalisation of

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. In October 2006, he announced that he would be standing down at the next general election.

Personal life

He married Merrilyn Muncaster in 1965 in Leeds and they had two daughters before they divorced in 1989, in 1995 he later married Eileen Harrison, and they have two step sons. In 2009, Iddon was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in recognition of his long-standing support of the chemistry using industries.

Bibliography

* ''Opinion: Government seeks more impact from its research investment'' by B Iddon,

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, June 2009, Volume 1, Number 3 (http://www.future-science.com/doi/pdf/10.4155/fmc.09.44) * ''Radiation Chemistry of Aqueous Solutions of Indole and its Derivatives'' by B Iddon, GO Phillips, KE Robbins, JV Davies (University of Salford, 1971) * ''Radiation Sterilization of Pharmaceuticals and Biomedical Products'' by R Blackburn, B Iddon, JS Moore, GO Phillips, DM Power, TW Woodward (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1975) * ''The Magic of Chemistry'' by Brian Iddon (BDH, 1985) * ''Bromine Compounds: Chemistry and Applications'' Edited by D.Price, B. Iddon and B.J. Wakefield (Elsevier, 1998) * ''What Is Science Education For?'' By David Perks, R Sykes, M Reiss, S Singh,

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. A Hunt, E Forster, B Iddon, H Teare, G Lawless and Tony Gilland (Academy of Ideas Ltd, 2006)

References

External links

TheyWorkForYou.com - Brian Iddon MP

The Public Whip - Brian Iddon MP
voting record

News items

Offensive spam in November 2002

Calling for legalised brothels in June 2002
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iddon, Brian Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 1940 births Living people People from Tarleton British republicans Academics of the University of Salford Academics of Durham University Alumni of the University of Hull Councillors in Bolton Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bolton South East