Michael Dugher
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Michael Dugher MP |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
In office 13 September 2015 – 5 January 2016 |
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Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Chris Bryant |
Succeeded by | Maria Eagle |
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 5 November 2014 – 13 September 2015 |
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Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
Preceded by | Mary Creagh |
Succeeded by | Lilian Greenwood |
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office | |
In office 7 October 2013 – 5 November 2014 |
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Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Jon Trickett |
Succeeded by | Lucy Powell |
Vice Chair of the Labour Party | |
In office 7 October 2011 – 5 November 2014 |
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Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Stephen Timms |
Succeeded by | Jon Trickett |
Shadow Minister without Portfolio | |
In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013 |
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Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Jon Trickett |
Succeeded by | Jon Trickett |
Member of Parliament for Barnsley East |
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Assumed office 7 May 2010 |
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Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 12,034 (31.2%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Vincent Dugher 26 April 1975 Edlington, England |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Joanna Dugher |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
Religion | Roman Catholicism[1] |
Website | Official website |
Michael Vincent Dugher (pronounced DUG-ər; born 26 April 1975)[2] is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley East since the 2010 General Election.[3] He has held various senior positions within the party, including Shadow Secretary of State for Transport and Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
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Early life
Born and raised in Edlington, South Yorkshire, he went to school in the village and in Doncaster and read Politics at the University of Nottingham.
He was the Head of Policy of the AEEU trade union (2000–2001).
He has been a longtime friend of fellow Labour MP Jon Ashworth,[4] both of whom would later work together as part of the Office of the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
Special adviser career
2001–2002: He worked as a special adviser to Transport Minister John Spellar at the Department of Transport, Local Government and Regional Affairs.
2002–2008: He worked as a special adviser to Geoff Hoon, the Secretary of State for Defence, the Leader of the House of Commons and the Government Chief Whip.[5]
2008–2010: He worked at 10 Downing Street as the Chief Political Spokesman for Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Parliamentary career
Before his election in 2010, Dugher stood unsuccessfully for Skipton and Ripon, then held by the Conservative David Curry, at the 2001 general election.[6]
Dugher was a Shadow Minister of Defence before becoming the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition. In 2011 he was promoted to Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister without Portfolio, a role where he could roam across portfolios and co-ordinate shadow ministers' attacks on the government.
In November 2012, Miliband appointed Dugher to the position of Vice-Chair of the Labour Party with responsibility for communications strategy.[7][8][dubious ]
In the October 2013 reshuffle he became Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office[9] and in November 2014 was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Transport replacing Mary Creagh.
As Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Dugher told the New Statesman that he wanted to see "more public control of the railways" under a Labour government.[10]
In the Labour leadership election of 2015, he was Andy Burnham's campaign manager.[11] He was also a supporter of Tom Watson for the deputy leadership election.
In September 2015, Dugher replaced Chris Bryant as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.[12] However, in January 2016, he was sacked from the position in Jeremy Corbyn's first reshuffle, as announced by Dugher himself via Twitter.[13][14] Several shadow cabinet ministers publicly supported Dugher, with Andy Burnham saying that "Michael Dugher is Labour to the core & has served our Party with distinction."[15] Dugher said that Corbyn did not like an article he wrote for the New Statesman, saying "I took a decision to speak out and I paid a price for it.”[16] Dugher described his article “I said despite all the stuff you’ve read in the newspapers: I don’t think Jeremy Corbyn is a man motivated by revenge, I didn’t think he’ll do these mass sackings as an act of revenge over Syria that we’ve read about every day, every week, for several weeks. I was defending Jeremy and I was defending the 'new politics'.”[16]
Outside interests
In between serving as Geoff Hoon's special adviser, he worked for a year (2006-2007) as a corporate/government lobbyist for American multinational Electronic Data Systems (EDS), one of the government's largest IT contractors.[17]
Dugher has held the post of Vice-Chair of Labour Friends of Israel (LFI).[18] He has criticised the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign, saying "Boycotting Israeli institutions is ignorant, wrong and counterproductive to peace. We should be building bridges and furthering dialogue."[19][20]
He gave a keynote speech at the 'We Believe in Israel’ conference, where he said "Each time I visit Israel, my admiration for that great country grows."[21]
Following the 2015 general election, Dugher said Labour mishandled its relationship with the Jewish community through a combination of neglect and incompetence. He criticised Labour's response to the 2014 Gaza conflict and called the then Labour leader Ed Miliband’s decision to whip Labour MPs to vote for a motion recognising the State of Palestine as "catastrophic".[22]
References
- ↑ Profile, catholicherald.co.uk; accessed 22 October 2014.
- ↑ Profile, ukwhoswho.com; accessed 22 October 2014.
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- ↑ https://twitter.com/JonAshworth/status/684321006295642112
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- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/16861.stm
- ↑ http://labourlist.org/2012/11/michael-dugher-appointed-labour-party-vice-chair/
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2234946/Ed-Milibands-new-Mr-Fixit-Michael-Dugher-real-calamity.html
- ↑ Profile, labour.org.uk; accessed 22 October 2014.
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- ↑ http://labourlist.org/2015/05/dugher-to-manage-burnhams-leadership-campaign/
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- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/michael-dugher-mp-hits-back-at-corbyn-dismissal-by-adding-it-to-his-twitter-bio-a6797676.html
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/michael-dugher-says-he-has-paid-the-price-for-speaking-out-against-jeremy-corbyn-a6797881.html
- ↑ "Many lobbyists win seats but some see majority decreased", prweek.com; accessed 22 October 2014.
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- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/10/27/israeli-universities-boycotted-academics-palestine_n_8397644.html
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter
- ↑ http://www.lfi.org.uk/lfi-vice-chair-michael-dugher-mp-gives-keynote-speech-at-we-believe-in-israel-conference/
- ↑ http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/151915/israel-supporter-michael-dugher-sacked-shadow-cabinet-jeremy-corbyn
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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New constituency | Member of Parliament for Barnsley East 2010–present |
Incumbent |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Shadow Minister without Portfolio 2011–2013 |
Succeeded by Jon Trickett |
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office 2013–2014 |
Succeeded by Lucy Powell |
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Preceded by | Shadow Secretary of State for Transport 2014–2015 |
Succeeded by Lilian Greenwood |
Preceded by | Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2015–2016 |
Succeeded by Maria Eagle |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by | Vice-Chair of the Labour Party 2011–2014 |
Succeeded by Jon Trickett |
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