Vernon Coaker
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Vernon Coaker MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 13 September 2015 – 26 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Ivan Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Dave Anderson |
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In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Shaun Woodward |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Lewis |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 7 October 2013 – 13 September 2015 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Jim Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Maria Eagle |
| Minister of State for Schools | |
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In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Jim Knight |
| Succeeded by | Nick Gibb |
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Member of Parliament for Gedling |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Mitchell |
| Majority | 2,986 (6.2%) |
| Personal details | |
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Vernon Rodney Coaker 17 June 1953 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Jacqueline Heaton |
| Children | 1 daughter 1 son |
| Alma mater |
University of Warwick Nottingham Trent University |
| Website | Official website |
Vernon Rodney Coaker (born 17 June 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gedling since 1997. He also served as the Minister of State for Schools from 2009 to 2010, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 2013 to 2015 and Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from October 2011 to October 2013, and again from September 2015 until his resignation in June 2016 from the Shadow Cabinet.
Born in Westminster, London, Coaker attended Drayton Manor Grammar School in London. He studied for an Economics and Politics BA (Hons) at the University of Warwick, then obtained a PGCE at Trent Polytechnic (Clifton College of Education).
Coaker worked as a teacher, becoming a History teacher at Manvers Pierrepont School (now the Carlton Road Centre of Castle College Nottingham) from 1976 to 1982, then Head of Department at Arnold Hill School from 1982 to 1988. From 1989 to 1995, he was a senior teacher at Bramcote Park School and thence until 1997 he was Deputy Headmaster at Big Wood School in Bestwood, Nottingham. He is a member of the NUT.
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