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'''Christopher Williamson''' (born 16 September 1956) is a [[Labour Party]] politician who has been the [[Member of Parliament]] for Derby North since the 8 June 2017 General Election,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-williamson/3976|title=Chris Williamson MP|website=UK Parliament}}</ref> having served previously for the same seat from 2010 until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/general-election-derby-north-results/story-26461496-detail/story.html|title=Chris Williamson|work=Derby Telegraph}}</ref> He was Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government for three years between October 2010 and October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-williamson/3976|title=Chris Williamson MP|website=UK Parliament|accessdate=12 June 2017}}</ref> | '''Christopher Williamson''' (born 16 September 1956) is a [[Labour Party]] politician who has been the [[Member of Parliament]] for Derby North since the 8 June 2017 General Election,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-williamson/3976|title=Chris Williamson MP|website=UK Parliament}}</ref> having served previously for the same seat from 2010 until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/general-election-derby-north-results/story-26461496-detail/story.html|title=Chris Williamson|work=Derby Telegraph}}</ref> He was Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government for three years between October 2010 and October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-williamson/3976|title=Chris Williamson MP|website=UK Parliament|accessdate=12 June 2017}}</ref> | ||
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Christopher Williamson (born 16 September 1956) is a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Derby North since the 8 June 2017 General Election,[1] having served previously for the same seat from 2010 until 2015.[2] He was Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government for three years between October 2010 and October 2013.[3]
Chris Williamson was also previously a local councillor in Derby, representing the Normanton ward from 1991 until his resignation in 2011.[4] He served as leader of Derby City Council twice.
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Early life and career
Born in Derby, he attended the St John Fisher Primary School in Alvaston; Castle Donington High School, and St Thomas More High School, Allenton before Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University) where he obtained a Qualifications for Professional Social Work (CQSW) in 1985.
He worked as a mechanical engineering apprentice for a year from 1972 onwards, then worked as a bricklayer for six years. He was a social worker in Derby between 1983-1986 before working as a welfare rights officer. He has been a vegan since the 1970s.[5]
Williamson joined the Labour Party in 1976 and became a councillor in 1991, then became Leader of the Labour Group on Derby City Council. And served as Leader of Derby City Council on two separate occasions. He is a member of the League Against Cruel Sports and is vice chair of the Local Government Anti Poverty Forum.[6]
Parliamentary career
First term (2010–15)
Williamson was the second newly elected MP of the 2010 intake to make his maiden speech in the House of Commons, speaking in response to the Queen's Speech on 25 May 2010.
In October 2010, he became Shadow Fire and Emergency Services Minister within the Shadow Communities and Local Government team after serving just four months as an MP but after the reshuffle of the party in 2013; his role as Shadow Minister was replaced by Lyn Brown.[7]
He served as a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee between July and November 2010 and November 2013 to March 2015.[8]
He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to Ed Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.[9]
At the 2015 General Election, Williamson lost the Derby North seat to Amanda Solloway of the Conservative Party by 41 votes.
Second term (2017–present)
Chris Williamson, a staunch ally of the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, has been described as the "most pro-Jeremy Corbyn candidate in England’s most marginal constituency".[10] Corbyn has described Williamson as a "very great friend", saying that his defeat at the 2015 general election was "a shock" and "the worst result of that night".[11] Williamson expressed that his campaign in Derby North would be a "test case for Corbynism".[12] and Corbyn came to campaign for Williamson on 6 May 2017 during the 2017 snap General Election campaign.
Williamson regained his former seat from Amanda Solloway with a majority of 2,015 votes. On 3 July 2017, Williamson was appointed as Shadow Fire and Emergency Services Minister within the Shadow Home Office team.[13][14]
Williamson returned in August 2017 to Corbyn's suggestion, during his first leadership campaign, for women-only train carriages to reduce sexual assaults; reported incidents have doubled since 2012.[15] Labour anti-Corbyn colleagues Jess Phillips and Stella Creasy were critical of the idea.[16] The Women's Equality Party also criticised his comments.[17]
In an interview with Rowena Mason of The Guardian in late August 2017, Williamson said allegations about the existence of antisemitism within the Labour Party and criticism of Corbyn's approach to the situation in Venezuela were "proxy wars and bullshit". According to Williamson: “I’m not saying it never ever happens but it is a really dirty, lowdown trick, particularly the antisemitism smears. Many people in the Jewish community are appalled by what they see as the weaponisation of antisemitism for political ends".[18] Marie van der Zyl, the Board of Deputies of British Jews vice-president said he should "show solidarity with those suffering racism within his own party rather than blaming the victims". Williamson later described antisemitism as being "utterly repugnant and a scourge on society, which is why I stand in absolute solidarity with anyone who is subjected to antisemitic abuse".[19] In a later September article in Tribune magazine he wrote that his critics "accusations of anti-Semitism were positively sinister" and "highly offensive and hurtful" in suggesting "that I was an anti-Semite myself, yet I have fought racism all my adult life".[20]
Complaint to the BBC
On 14 December 2014, Shadow Fire and Emergency Services Minister, Chris Williamson, complained of a "media blackout" when he spoke to BBC Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn, and former Labour MP Gisela Stuart, about the lack of coverage of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn winning the MacBride Peace Prize.
Pooh-poohing Williamson's complaint, Jo Coburn suggested that it was for the Labour Party – not the media – to publicise such events.[21]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Festival of Whistleblowing Dissent and Accountability | 8 May 2021 | 8 May 2021 | Internet | Whistleblowing event held in 2021. |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Labour expulsion hearing set for anti-Zionist Jackie Walker | Article | 5 February 2019 | Asa Winstanley | WitchHunt documentary: “We are determined to get it out whatever the threats,” Jackie Walker vows |
| Document:The plot to keep Corbyn out of power | blog post | 3 July 2019 | Jonathan Cook | The weaponisation of anti-semitism against Corbyn has become so normal that, even while I was writing this post, a new nadir was reached. Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary who hopes to defeat Boris Johnson in the upcoming Tory leadership race, as good as accused Corbyn of being a new Hitler, a man who as prime minister might allow Jews to be exterminated, just as occurred in the Nazi death camps. |
| Document:The witchfinders are now ready to burn Corbyn | Blog post | 28 February 2019 | Jonathan Cook | Jeremy Corbyn’s allies are being picked off one by one, from grassroots activists like Jackie Walker and Marc Wadsworth to higher-placed supporters like Chris Williamson and Seumas Milne. Soon Corbyn will stand alone, exposed before the inquisition that has been prepared for him. |
| Document:We condemn the suspension of Jo Bird and the appointment of Lord Falconer | Article | 4 March 2019 | As Ken Loach said: “If it looks like a witch hunt and behaves like a witch hunt – it may well be just that. This is intolerable and must end now.” |
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- ↑ Kerry McCarthy MP full transcript (column 898), World Vegan Day, Adjournment Debate, House of Commons, 1 November 2011.
- ↑ "Chris Williamson – Parliamentary candidates". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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