Neil Gerrard
| Neil Gerrard | |
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Member of Parliament for Walthamstow |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Hugo Summerson |
| Succeeded by | Stella Creasy |
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3 July 1942 Farnworth, Lancashire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Marion Fitzgerald (1968–1983) |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford London South Bank University |
Neil Francis Gerrard (born 3 July 1942) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walthamstow from 1992 until 2010.
Gerrard was born in Farnworth, Lancashire and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Wadham College, Oxford where he was awarded a BA degree in natural science in 1964. He later studied at the Chelsea College of Science and Technology where he received a MEd in Education in 1973. He received a Diploma in Professional Studies in Education (DPSE) from the Polytechnic of the South Bank in 1983.
From 1965 he taught at the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys, Barnet, leaving in 1968 to take up the position of lecturer in computing at the Hackney College, where he remained until his election to parliament 24 years later.
He was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Waltham Forest in 1973; he was the leader of the Labour group from 1983, and the leader of the Council from 1986 until he left the council in 1990.
He was selected to contest the Chingford constituency at the 1979 general election but was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Norman Tebbit by 12,383 votes. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election for Walthamstow, when he unseated the one-term Tory Hugo Summerson by 3,022 votes. He received 45.7% of the vote, compared to his Conservative opponent who received 37.2% of the vote.
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