Frank Cook
| Frank Cook | |
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| Member of Parliament for |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Alex Cunningham |
| Majority | 12,439 (34.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 November 1935 Hartlepool, England |
| Died | 10 January 2012 (aged 76) , England |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Lundrigan (divorced); 4 children Princess Somsangouane Baldinger |
| Alma mater | Institute of Education, Leeds |
Francis Cook (3 November 1935 – 10 January 2012) was a British Independent politician, who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for from 1983 until 2010.
Cook was born in West Hartlepool and was educated at the Corby School (Sunderland), the De la Salle College (Manchester) and the Institute of Education (Leeds). Before his election to the Commons, Cook worked variously as a gravedigger, a Butlins Redcoat, a transport manager at a steelworks, a teacher, and a construction planning engineer.
He was selected to contest Stockton North at the 1983 general election, securing the nomination following the defection of the sitting Labour MP Bill Rodgers who was one of the original gang of four who set up the Social Democratic Party in 1981. Cook won the seat with a majority of 1,870 with Rodgers finishing in third place behind the Conservative candidate.
He served as Opposition whip under Neil Kinnock from 1987 to 1992. He was a member of the Speaker's Panel of Chairmen in the 2005–10 parliament. He was a lead campaigner for gun control following the Dunblane massacre in 1996, and it was reported that he once asked the Tory MP Andrew Mackay to "step outside for a fight".
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