Kelvin Hopkins
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Kelvin Hopkins MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
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In office 28 June 2016 – 7 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Maria Eagle |
| Succeeded by | Tom Watson |
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Member of Parliament for Luton North |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Carlisle |
| Majority | 9,504 (22.3%) |
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22 August 1941 Leicester, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Langley |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
Kelvin Peter Hopkins (born 22 August 1941) is an English Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton North since 1997.
Kelvin Hopkins was born in Leicester, son of physicist Harold Hopkins FRS. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys, Barnet, north London; he then attended the University of Nottingham where he was awarded a BA degree in Politics, Economics and Mathematics with Statistics. Between 1958 and 1963 he was a "semi-professional" jazz musician, playing tenor saxophone and clarinet.
With the exception of two years as a lecturer at St Alboans College of Further Education (now called Oaklands College) from 1971 to 1973, he has worked entirely within the trade union movement. He joined the Trades Union Congress as an economist in 1969, and rejoined it in 1973 following his stint as a lecturer. He was appointed a policy and research officer with NALiGO in 1977, leaving its succpessor UNISON in 1994.
Hopkins was a councillor on Luton Borough Council from 1972 to 1976. He unsuccessfully sought election to the House of Commons to represent Luton North at the 1983 General Election; he finished in second place for the Labour Party, 11,981 votes behind the sitting Conservative MP John Carlisle. Hopkins contested the constituency again at the 1997 General Election, that time gaining it for Labour from the Conservatives, with a majority of 9,626 and over half of the total votes; he has remained the MP there ever since. He made his maiden speech on 28 November 1997.
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