Bob Blizzard
| Bob Blizzard | |
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| Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | |
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In office 6 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Claire Ward |
| Succeeded by | Michael Fabricant |
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Member of Parliament for Waveney |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | David Porter |
| Succeeded by | Peter Aldous |
| Majority | 5,519 (11.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 May 1950 Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
Robert John Blizzard (born 31 May 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was Labour's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Waveney. He served as the Member of Parliament for Waveney from 1997 to 2010.
Bob Blizzard was born in 1950 in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk and was educated at Culford School in Bury St Edmunds and the University of Birmingham, from where he was awarded a BA degree in 1971.
After his own education, he became a teacher. In 1973, he became an English teacher at Southfields Secondary School in Gravesend, Kent. He was appointed as the Head of the English Department at the Crayford School on Iron Mill Lane in Bexley in 1976. In 1986, he became the Head of English at the Lynn Grove High School in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.
He was elected as a councillor to Waveney District Council in 1987, and became its leader in 1991. He stepped down from the council on his election to Westminster. Bob Blizzard was selected to fight the Conservative held seat of Waveney at the 1997 General Election. In the year of the Labour landslide he defeated the sitting MP David Porter by over 12,000 votes, and he was elected as the first Labour MP for Waveney. He made his maiden speech on 10 June 1997.
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