Jeff Ennis
| Jeffrey Ennis | |
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| Member of Parliament for Barnsley East and Mexborough |
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In office 12 December 1996 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Terry Patchett |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 November 1952 Grimethorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Angela Knight |
| Alma mater | University of the West of England |
| Website | www.jeffennismp.com |
Jeffrey Ennis (born 13 November 1952) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley East and Mexborough from 1997 to 2010, having been first elected at the Barnsley East by-election in 1996.
Ennis was born in Grimethorpe, near Barnsley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a coal miner and educated at the Hemsworth Grammar School on Station Road before attending the Redland Teachers Training College near Bristol where he was awarded a Bachelor of Education degree in 1975. After leaving education he became a raw materials inspector with J. Lyons and Co. bakery in 1975 at Carlton, before becoming a teacher in 1976 initially at the Elston Hall Junior School in Fordhouses, Wolverhampton. In 1978, he moved to teach at the Burngreave Middle School in Sheffield, and from 1979 until his election he taught at Hillsborough Primary School in Sheffield.
Ennis was elected as councillor in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in 1980, becoming the deputy leader in 1988, and was leader 1995-1996, standing down from the council in 1997.
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