Graham Stringer
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Stringer in November 2011
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Member of Parliament for Blackley and Broughton Manchester Blackley (1997–2010) |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth Eastham |
| Majority | 16,874 (45.5%) |
| Leader of Manchester City Council | |
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In office 1984–1996 |
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| Succeeded by | Richard Leese |
| Member of Manchester City Council for Harpurhey |
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In office 6 May 1982 – 1997 |
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| Member of Manchester City Council for Charlestown |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 6 May 1982 |
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17 February 1950 Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Kathryn Carr (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 (2 step children) |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
Graham Eric Stringer (born 17 February 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who is Member of Parliament for Blackley and Broughton.
Stringer attended Christ Church Primary School in Beswick, Manchester, and Moston Brook High School for Boys in Harpurhey, Manchester.
After graduating in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield in 1971, Stringer worked as an analytical chemist.
Stringer became a local councillor in Manchester in 1979, and was Manchester City Council leader from 1984 to 1996. He was also chair of Manchester Airport plc from 1996 to 1997.
Stringer was first elected in 1997 taking over the Blackley seat of the retired Kenneth Eastham. He is only the third Member of Parliament (MP) in the constituency since 1964, which has been a "safe" Labour seat since Paul Rose defeated Eric Johnson that year.
Stringer was as a member of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Select Committee until 1999. He then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office until 2001. After a spell on the back benches and as a government whip, he spent the last six years of the Labour Government as a member of the Transport Select Committee. He campaigned against a proposed Congestion Charge in Greater Manchester.
Stringer gained some notoriety when he became the first MP to publicly call for Gordon Brown to resign as Prime Minister. Following boundary changes which abolished the Manchester Blackley constituency, Stringer successfully contested the successor seat of Blackley and Broughton at the 2010 general election.
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