David Jamieson | |
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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner | |
Assumed office 22 August 2014 |
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Preceded by | Bob Jones |
Member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 11 April 2005 |
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Preceded by | David Owen |
Succeeded by | Alison Seabeck |
Personal details | |
Born |
Solihull, England |
18 May 1947
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
David Charles Jamieson (born 18 May 1947) is a British politician who serves as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, elected in a by-election in 2014. He was formerly the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the Plymouth Devonport constituency from 1992 to 2005 and a member of the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council from 2010 to 2014.
Born in Solihull, England, he was educated at Tudor Grange Grammar school, and later at St. Peter's College, Saltley, Birmingham.
Before becoming an MP, he was a teacher at Riland Bedford School and later a head of Mathematics at Crown Hills Community College between 1970 and 1981, before becoming the senior vice principal of the John Kitto Community College in Plymouth (1981–1992).
Jamieson first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, for Birmingham Hall Green in February 1974, losing to Conservative incumbent Reginald Eyre by 21,036 votes (43.5%) to 27,280 (56.5%). He was then the Labour Party candidate for Plymouth Drake in 1987, gaining 9,451 votes (24%) and coming third, behind SDP–Liberal Alliance candidate David Astor and the incumbent Conservative MP, Janet Fookes.