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Robert John 'Bob' Blizzard (born
May 31,
1950) is a
British politician and currently the
Labour Party Member of Parliament for
Waveney.
Early life
Bob Blizzard was born in 1950 in
Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk and was educated at
Culford School in Bury St Edmunds and the
University of Birmingham, from where he was awarded a
BA degree in
1971.
After his own education, he became a
teacher. In
1973, he became an English teacher at Southfields Secondary School in
Gravesend,
Kent. He was appointed as the Head of the English Department at the Crayford School on Iron Mill Lane in
Bexley in
1976. In
1986, he became the Head of English at the
Lynn Grove High School in
Gorleston-on-Sea,
Norfolk.
Political career
He was elected as a councillor to
Waveney District Council in
1987, and became its leader in
1991. He stepped down from the council on his election to
Westminster. Bob Blizzard was selected to fight the
Conservative held seat of Waveney at the
1997 General Election. In the year of the Labour landslide he defeated the sitting MP
David Porter by over 12,000 votes, and he was elected as the first Labour MP for Waveney. He made his
maiden speech on
June 10,
1997.
From 1997-1999 he served on the Environmental Audit Select Committee. In
1999, he became the
Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Baroness Hayman as
Minister of State at the
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. After the
2001 General Election he became PPS to
the Rt Hon Nick Brown MP in Brown's role as Minister for Work at the
Department for Work and Pensions. Blizzard resigned this position in March
2003 in protest at the
Iraq War.
After the
2005 General Election, Blizzard was appointed as PPS to the Europe Minister at the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Douglas Alexander, and remained Alexander's PPS when his boss became
Secretary of State for Transport in
2006. In the
reshuffle following
Gordon Brown's appointment as Prime Minister in June
2007, he was promoted to the position of
Government Whip.
Blizzard has been Chair of several
All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), including: the British Offshore Oil and Gas APPG (1997-2007); the Renewable Transport Fuels APPG (2007); the British-Brazilian APPG (1997-2007); the British-Chilean APPG (2005-2007); the British-Latin America APPG (2004-2007). He has also been Secretary of the Jazz Appreciation APPG (2004-2007).
The policy areas in which he's a special interest include energy, employment, health, transport, education and foreign affairs.
2005 General Election
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
| BLIZZARD, Bob |
Labour |
22,505 |
| ALDOUS, Peter |
Conservative |
16,590 |
| BROMLEY, Nick |
Liberal Democrat |
7,497 |
| AYLETT, Bryan |
UKIP |
1,861 |
| ELLIOTT, Graham |
Green Party |
1,200 |
This gives Bob Blizzard a majority of
5,915.
Personal life
He married Lyn Chance in 1978, and they've a son and daughter. They live in Lowestoft, the main town in the
Waveney constituency.
He lists his personal interests as walking, listening to jazz music, skiing, and watching football, rugby and cricket, especially local teams including Lowestoft Town where he's life president.
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