John Battle (politician)
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The Right Honourable John Battle KC*SG |
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| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
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In office 28 July 1999 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Tony Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Ben Bradshaw |
| Minister of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 5 May 1997 – 28 July 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Peter Fraser |
| Member of Parliament for Leeds West |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Meadowcroft |
| Succeeded by | Rachel Reeves |
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John Dominic Battle 26 April 1951 Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Meenan |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
John Dominic Battle, PC KC*SG (born 26 April 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1987 to 2010.
Battle was born in Bradford and educated at St. Paulinus' School, a primary school in Dewsbury; St Michael's College, Underley Hall 1962–1967 (a junior seminary – secondary education – for the training of priests in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool), and at St Joseph's Upholland College (1967–1972). Following a year of work he went to the University of Leeds where he gained a BA First class hons in English in 1976. From 1976–79 he undertook postgraduate research.
In 1979 he began to work as a research assistant to Derek Enright, a fellow Catholic and a Member of the European Parliament. Battle gained a seat on the City of Leeds Council in 1980. He chaired the innovative Industry and Employment Committee and later the Housing Committee
He was chosen to contest the Conservative seat of Leeds North West at the 1983 General Election. Donald Kaberry, the Conservative MP since the constituency's creation in 1955, was retiring. John Battle lost to a sitting MP in Keith Hampson, whose own seat of Ripon had been abolished.
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