Mark Fisher (politician)
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The Right Honourable Mark Fisher |
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| Minister for the Arts | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 14 June 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Virginia Bottomley |
| Succeeded by | Alan Howarth |
| Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central |
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In office 10 June 1983 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Cant |
| Succeeded by | Tristram Hunt |
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29 October 1944 Woking, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Ingrid Geach Hunt (1975–99), Gilly FitzHugh (2010-present) |
| Relations | Sir Nigel Fisher (father) |
| Children | 4 inc. Crispin Hunt, India Fisher, Francesca Hunt. |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Politician, author, film producer, school principal, and screenwriter |
| Website | http://www.markfishermp.com/ |
Mark Fisher (born 29 October 1944) is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central from 1983 to 2010 and Minister for the Arts between 1997 and 1998.
Mark Fisher is the son of Sir Nigel Fisher, the former Conservative MP for Surbiton and Lady Gloria Vaughan, daughter of the 7th Earl of Lisburne. He is the stepson of Ulster Unionist MP Patricia Ford, and thus the brother-in-law of Conservative MP Sir Michael Grylls and uncle of explorer Bear Grylls.
After the retirement of Tam Dalyell in 2005, Fisher became the only Labour MP to have been educated at Eton College. He read English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge. After completing his education in 1966, he became a film producer and screenwriter, but in 1975 Fisher became the principal of the Tattenhall Centre of Education in Cheshire, where he remained until his election to Westminster.
Before leaving university, Fisher had numerous low-paying jobs, including: working in a Cyril Lord carpet factory in Northern Ireland, as a waiter, as a kitchen porter, as a caddy on a golf course, insulating roofs, on a travelling fairground and as a folk singer and guitarist.
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