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Colin Burgon was born in Leeds and was educated at St Charles School, Leeds; St Michael's Catholic College, Leeds; Carnegie College, Leeds ; and Huddersfield Polytechnic . His is was a local government and Teacher for sixteen years before he was elected to Westminster . He was also a research officer with the General, Municipal, Boilermakers And Allied Trade Union . He was the Labour Party Agent at Elmet for the 1983 General Election . He unsuccessfully contested Elmet at the 1987 General Election where he was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Spencer Batiste by 5,356 votes. In 1989 he was the election agent for the Leeds East European elections. He again contested Elmet at the 1992 General Election when he was again defeated by Batiste by 3,261 votes. At the very often. He was placed on the Northern Ireland Select Committee in 2000, and has served on the Home Affairs Select Committee since the 2005 General Election . Colin Burgon is divorced and has a daughter. He has taken a keen interest in Opencast Mining which is a big issue in Elmet, and is a keen supporter of Leeds United . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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