Mike Gapes
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Mike Gapes MP |
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Mike Gapes outside Ilford railway station in 2014
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| Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee | |
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In office 19 July 2005 – 17 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Donald Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Richard Ottaway |
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Member of Parliament for Ilford South |
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Assumed office 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Neil Thorne |
| Majority | 19,777 (38.1%) |
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4 September 1952 Wanstead, Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Smith (m. 1992) |
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| Alma mater |
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Middlesex Polytechnic |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Website | www |
Michael John "Mike" Gapes (born 4 September 1952) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford South since the 1992 general election.
Mike Gapes was born in Wanstead Hospital, the son of a postman, and educated at Staples Road Infants' School in Loughton and Manford County Primary School in Chigwell, before attending Buckhurst Hill County High School. He continued his studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a degree in economics in 1975; he also served as the secretary of the university's students' union in 1973. He completed his education at Middlesex Polytechnic in Enfield where he earned a diploma in industrial relations in 1976, after which he served as chair of the National Organisation of Labour Students before 3 years as the student organiser for the Labour Party. Gapes is a keen supporter of West Ham United F.C.
Mike Gapes worked as a Voluntary Service Overseas teacher in Swaziland in a gap year before attending university in 1972, and for a few months as an administrator at Middlesex Hospital in 1976.
He has been married to Frances Smith since 1992. They have 3 daughters — one of whom, Rebecca Gapes, died of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome in 2012, at the age of 19.
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