Malcolm Wicks
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The Right Honourable Malcolm Wicks |
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| Minister of State for Pensions | |
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In office 13 June 2003 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ian McCartney |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Timms |
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Member of Parliament for Croydon North Croydon North West (1992–1997) |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 29 September 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Humfrey Malins |
| Succeeded by | Steve Reed |
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| Born | 1 July 1947 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 29 September 2012 (aged 65) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Wicks |
| Residence | Croydon, London, England |
| Alma mater | University of North London, London School of Economics |
| Profession | Academic |
Malcolm Hunt Wicks (1 July 1947 – 29 September 2012) was a British Labour Party politician and academic specialising in social policy. He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1992, first for Croydon North West and then for Croydon North, until his death in 2012.
Wicks was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire to Arthur Wicks, a Labour member of the London County Council and later Greater London Council. He was educated at the independent Elizabeth College, Guernsey; North West London Polytechnic and the London School of Economics gaining a BSc in Sociology.
From 1968–70, he was a research fellow of the Department of Social Administration at the University of York, then a research worker at the Centre for Environmental Studies from 1970–2. Wicks worked in the Urban Deprivation Unit (abolished in 1978) of the Home Office as a social policy analyst from 1974–77, and was a lecturer in Social Administration at Brunel University from 1970–74. From 1977–8, he was a lecturer in Social Policy at the Civil Service College (now called the National School of Government) in Ascot, then research director and secretary of the Study Commission on the Family from 1978–83. He was later Director of the Family Policy Studies Centre from 1983–92. He was the author and co-author of many publications, including Old and Cold: hypothermia and social policy and A Future for All: Do we need the Welfare State? His keen concern about fuel poverty led to him to act as a Trustee of the National Energy Foundation (1988–94).
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