Jackson, Robert
24 September 1946 (Johannesburg (ZA))Description Area
Formation:
Falcon College in Rhodesia and St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Carrière :
1979 European Parliament election: elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Upper Thames.
At the 1983 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Wantage. He was subsequently appointed as a junior minister at the Department of Education and Science (1987–90), the Department of Employment (1990–92) and the Office of Public Service and Science (1992–93).
On 15 January 2005, he defected to the Labour Party
Prior to defecting, Jackson had indicated he would not stand in the forthcoming general election, following Iain Duncan-Smith's election as Conservative Leader, and he duly stepped down in April 2005.
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Jackson, Robert
24 September 1946 (Johannesburg (ZA))Description Area
Formation:
Falcon College in Rhodesia and St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Carrière :
1979 European Parliament election: elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Upper Thames.
At the 1983 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Wantage. He was subsequently appointed as a junior minister at the Department of Education and Science (1987–90), the Department of Employment (1990–92) and the Office of Public Service and Science (1992–93).
On 15 January 2005, he defected to the Labour Party
Prior to defecting, Jackson had indicated he would not stand in the forthcoming general election, following Iain Duncan-Smith's election as Conservative Leader, and he duly stepped down in April 2005.
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