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  Name Nick Raynsford
  Honorific-suffix MP
  Constituency MP Greenwich & Woolwich <br><small> Greenwich (1992-1997)</small>
  Predecessor Rosie Barnes
  Successor Incumbent
  Term Start 9 April 1992
  Constituency MP2 Fulham
  Predecessor2 Martin Stevens
  Successor2 Matthew Carrington
  Term Start2 10 April 1986
  Term End2 11 June 1987
  Birth Place Northampton
  Nationality British
  Party Labour
  Alma Mater Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge


Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford, known as '''Nick Raynsford''', (born January 28 , 1945 ) was born in Northampton and educated at Repton School and Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge , from which he graduated with a Degree in History in 1966 . He had been Rusticated (suspended) for a year for night climbing, in the course of which he had displayed a banner against the Vietnam War between the pinnacles of King's College Chapel . {Link without Title}

He was first elected a Member Of Parliament for the Labour Party in a by-election in 1986 :

His majority in the (receiving 49.2% of the votes cast). {Link without Title}

On May 29 , 2002 he was appointed Minister of State for Local Government and the Regions with special responsibility for Local Government , English Regions , Electoral Law , Fire , Health And Safety and London .

Since the 2005 General Election he has been a backbencher.

He described on Friday 6th May, the night of the 2005 General Election , Galloway said "I've never heard of Nick Raynsford."

Raynsford was one of the Labour rebels who voted against the proposed 90 day detention of terrorist suspects in November 2006.

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  Title Member Of Parliament for Fulham
  Years 1986 &ndash 1987
  Before Martin Stevens
  After Matthew Carrington


  Title Member Of Parliament for Greenwich
  Years 1992 &ndash 1997
  Before Rosie Barnes
  After (constituency abolished)


  Title Member Of Parliament for Greenwich & Woolwich
  Start 1997
  Before (new constituency)