David Chaytor
From Free net encyclopedia
←Older revision | Newer revision→
David Michael Chaytor (August 3, 1949) British politician. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Bury North.
David Chaytor was born in Bury and was educated at the Eastward Primary School and the Bury Grammar School both in the town, before attending the University of London where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970, the University of Huddersfield, the University of Bradford, and he then qualified as a techer in 1976 at the University of Leeds, before returning to the University of London to finish his Masters (MPhil) in philosophy in 1979. He started his career as a college lecturer in 1973, before being appointed as the senior staff tutor at the Manchester College of Arts in 1983 until 1990 when he became the head of continuing education at the same institute, in which capacity he remained until his election to parliament.
He was elected as a councillor on the Calderdale Borough Council in 1982 and served until 1997. He unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituency of Calder Valley at the 1987 General Election, but was defeated by 6,045 votes by the sitting Conservative MP Donald Thompson. He again contested Calder Valley at the 1992 General Election, at which he reduced Thompson's majority to 4,878. He had to cede the candidacy for Calder Valley because of an all women shortlist which selected Christine McCafferty. However, David Chaytor contested the marginal seat of Bury North at the 1997 General Election which he won, defeating the then Social Security minister Alistair Burt by a clear 7,866 votes and has remained the MP there since. Chaytor made his maiden speech on June 17, 1997,[1] where he talked of the humble Bury black pudding and Bury's most famous son, Robert Peel.
He has been a backbencher since his election and is a member of the Education and Skills Select Committee. He voted against the government on the privatisation of the National Air Traffic Services, and has announced his intention to vote against the last clause of the Gambling Bill. Despite being educated under the Direct Grant system at Bury Grammar School, Chaytor is Chairman of Comprehensive Future, an organisation set up to end selection in British schools. David Chaytor is married with a son and two daughters and is a keen cyclist who speaks French.