Jim Dobbin
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Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 6 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Callaghan |
| Succeeded by | Liz McInnes |
| Majority | 5,971 (12.9%) |
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26 May 1941 Fife, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 6 September 2014 (aged 73) Słupsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Russell |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Napier College, Edinburgh |
| Profession | Microbiology |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
James Dobbin, KSG, KMCO (26 May 1941 – 6 September 2014) was a British Labour Co-operative politician and microbiologist, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 1997 until his death in 2014.
Jim Dobbin was born in Fife, Scotland, the son of a coal miner, and educated at Catholic schools. He later studied bacteriology and virology at Napier College, Edinburgh.
He worked as a microbiologist within the NHS for 33 years until 1994, mainly at the Royal Oldham Hospital. He was elected chairman of the Rochdale Constituency Labour Party for a year in 1980.
In 1983 he was elected as a councillor in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, becoming the Labour group leader in 1994, and became the leader of the council in 1996. He stepped down from both the National Health Service and the council at Rochdale on his election to the House of Commons. In 1992 he had unsuccessfully contested the Bury North seat, coming second to the sitting Conservative MP Alistair Burt, by 4,764 votes.
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