Jim Fitzpatrick (politician)
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Jim Fitzpatrick MP |
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| Minister of State for Farming and the Environment |
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In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Jane Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | James Paice |
| Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 8 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Mike O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | Chris Mole |
| Minister for London | |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 28 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Keith Hill |
| Succeeded by | Tessa Jowell |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 13 June 2003 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Gerry Sutcliffe |
| Succeeded by | John Heppell |
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Member of Parliament for Poplar and Limehouse Poplar and Canning Town (1997–2010) |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Majority | 16,924 (33.1%) |
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4 April 1952 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Lowe Sheila (a GP) |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Awards |
 Fire Brigade Medal
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| Website | www.jimfitzpatrick.org.uk |
James Fitzpatrick (born 4 April 1952) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Poplar and Limehouse since the 2010 General Election. From 1997 to the 2010 election he was the Member for Poplar and Canning Town.
Fitzpatrick served as Minister of State for Farming and the Environment at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during the Brown Ministry. In August 2013, he resigned from his front bench role as Shadow Transport Spokesman in order to vote against both Labour and Government motions on the use of chemical weapons in Syria claiming he was "opposed to military intervention in Syria, full stop".
Fitzpatrick was born in Glasgow, Scotland and was educated locally at the Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Crosshill. From 1970, he was a trainee with Tytrak in Glasgow, before moving to London in 1973 to become a driver with Mintex. In 1974, he joined the London Fire Brigade as a firefighter, later being decorated with the Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1994. He left the fire service when he was elected to the House of Commons in 1997.
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