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Name:  Stephen Hepburn MP Born: 6th December 1959. Aged: 50 years. Education: Springfield Comprehensive, Jarrow. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, BA (Hons). Previous employment: Building worker and research assistant to Don Dixon MP (now Lord Dixon). Trade union: UCATT (Construction Union), President of Jarrow branch, 1982-97. Labour Party: Member since 1976, former Secretary of Jarrow Constituency Labour Party Young Socialists. Secretary of Jarrow CLP, 1985-97. Elected office: Represented the Bede Ward as a Councillor on South Tyneside MBC, 1986-98. Former Chair of Finance, 1989. Deputy Leader, 1990-97. Chair of Tyne and Wear Pensions Committee, 1989-97. Elected to parliament, 1997. Member of House of Commons Defence Select Commmittee. Member of the Northern Ireland Select Committee. Chair of the All Party Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Group. Secretary of Parliamentary FC.
Statement to the constituency It takes a long time to undo the damage caused by 18 years of Tory government but we are well on our way. Since being elected NHS spending has doubled and will triple in the next few years. We have the biggest ever hospital building programme and thousands more doctors and nurses. In education we are doubling the funding for each pupil and will either rebuild or refurbish schools. In South Tyneside we have seen crime reducing over and above the average but we will still bring about more neighbourhood policing on our estates. All of this can only happen by a government who will invest in its people. As a local person who has lived in this area all of my life I know the importance of Public investment. It is the only way to improve services, create jobs and strengthen communities. Labour will continue to fight for fairness for the many and not just the privileged. |