Roger Berry
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Roger Berry MP |
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Member of Parliament for Kingswood |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Hayward |
| Succeeded by | Chris Skidmore |
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4 July 1948 Huddersfield |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Alison Delyth |
| Alma mater |
University of Bristol University of Sussex |
Dr Roger Leslie Berry (born 4 July 1948) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswood from the 1992 general election ending at the 2010 general election.
Roger Berry was born in 1948 in Huddersfield and educated at the Dalton County Primary School on Mayfield Avenue in Huddersfield; Huddersfield New College; the University of Bristol, where he obtained a BSc in Economics in 1970; and the University of Sussex where he was awarded a DPhil in Economics in 1977.
Berry lectured in Economics at the School of African and Asian Studies in London from 1973–4; Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex from 1973–4; the University of Papua New Guinea from 1974–8; and the University of Bristol from 1978–92. He was elected as a councillor to the Avon County Council in 1981, becoming the deputy in 1985 and the group leader in from 1986–92; he stood down from the council in 1993.
He contested Weston-super-Mare at the 1983 General Election but was defeated by Jerry Wiggin. Berry also unsuccessfully fought the seat of Bristol for the European Parliament in 1984.
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