Simon Danczuk
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Simon Danczuk MP |
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Member of Parliament for Rochdale |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Rowen |
| Majority | 12,442 (27.4%) |
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Simon Christopher Danczuk 24 October 1966 Rochdale, Lancashire, England |
| Political party | Labour Party – until December 2015 (suspended) |
| Spouse(s) |
Sonia Milewski (m. 1996; div. 2010) Karen Burke (m. 2012; separated 2015) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | www |
Simon Christopher Danczuk (/ˈdæntʃək/; born 24 October 1966) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale since 2010. Danczuk co-wrote a book about former Rochdale MP Cyril Smith's abuse of children, and has campaigned about historical allegations of child sex abuse.
In December 2015, he was suspended from the Labour Party following allegations of sending sexually explicit text messages to a 17-year-old girl. He has been a critic of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party.
Danczuk grew up in Hapton, Lancashire. He began his working life at the age of sixteen in a factory making gas fires, before moving to the chemical company ICI. Whilst working, he studied at night school and gained qualifications he had missed out at secondary school. He then gained a place as a mature student at Lancaster University. He studied economics, sociology and politics, and was a member of Cartmel College.
Danczuk was co-founder with Ruth Turner of Urban Visions Limited, which traded as Vision Twentyone, a research, public affairs and communications consultancy. He has also held research positions at The Big Issue in the North, Opinion Research Corporation, Bolton Bury TEC and worked for academics at Lancaster University. He has written widely on topics such as democracy, homelessness, regeneration, drugs, housing and employment.
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