Derek Wyatt
Derek Murray Wyatt (born 4 December 1949) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sittingbourne and Sheppey from 1997 to 2010.
Derek Wyatt | |
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Wyatt in 2016 | |
| Member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Henderson |
| Member of Haringey London Borough Council for Archway | |
| In office 5 May 1994 – 1995 | |
| Succeeded by | Judy Bax |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 December 1949 Woolwich, London |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | St Luke's College of Education (CertEd) The Open University (BA) St Catherine's College, Oxford King's College London (MA) |
| Website | derekwyatt |
Early life edit
Wyatt was educated in Essex, England at Westcliff Grammar School and Colchester Royal Grammar School. He attended St Luke's College, Exeter (Certificate of Education, 1968–71), the Open University (BA. Hons 2:1 Modern Art and Architecture, 1973–78), he was a mature student at St Catherine's College, Oxford, (Education,1981–82) and King's College, London (MA, International Studies, 2016–18).[citation needed]
Political career edit
Wyatt was Member of Parliament (MP) for the new constituency of Sittingbourne and Sheppey (1997–2010) having previously been a councillor in the London Borough of Haringey (1994–95) where he was also Chairman of Alexandra Palace.
He was on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee from 1997 to 2005 and the Public Accounts Committee in 2007 before becoming the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Minister for the Arts. In February 2009 he became PPS to Lord Mark Mallock-Brown at the Foreign Office. He chaired six all party committees in the House of Commons. In the votes on Iraq, he voted against intervention.[citation needed]
He won an ISPA Hero's Award (2006) for his work on seeing the Computer Misuse Act onto the statute book.[citation needed]
In the 2005 general election, he won the 3rd smallest majority of any MP, at just 79 votes, after two recounts.[citation needed]
On 1 July 2009, Wyatt announced he would stand down at the 2010 general election.[1]
Sporting career edit
Wyatt played rugby for the University of Oxford, the Barbarians and England and stopped a British and Irish Lions Tour to South Africa in 1986 with the help of Archbishop Trevor Huddleston.
Wyatt played his club rugby for Bedford where his record of 145 tries in 152 games was higher than anyone else in the club’s history as of 2016.[2][3] He was later a regular for Bath where he equalled the club try scoring record (29 tries) in his first two seasons.[4] Whilst at Oxford he won a Blue at Rugby, representing Oxford in the varsity match. He was Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Rugby Union group for 13 years and introduced an annual lecture and an awards dinner.
Awards edit
Whilst the Chair of the Royal Trinity Hospice, Wyatt was Runner Up in the Third Sector Awards 2015 Best Charity Chair UK.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Labour MP not seeking re-election". BBC News. 1 July 2009.
- ^ Roy, Neil (2011). 125 years of the Blues : the history of the Bedford Blues, 1886-2011. Phil Beard. [Bedford]: Bedford Blues. ISBN 978-0-9570345-0-1. OCLC 812682427.
- ^ "My Life in Rugby: Derek Wyatt – former England, Bedford, Bath and Oxford University winger". The Rugby Paper. 10 May 2016.
- ^ Griffiths, John (26 April 2010). "The first official multi-race team in SA, MPs with international honours and Varsity Blues". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Third Sector Awards 2015: Charity Chair of the Year – Winner: Caitlin Dean, Pregnancy Sickness Support". thirdsector.co.uk. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
External links edit
- Official Website
- Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Derek Wyatt MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com – Derek Wyatt MP
- Open Rights Group – Derek Wyatt MP
- BBC Politics page[permanent dead link]
News items edit
- Winning New Statesman award in July 2006
- Praising Conservative election campaign in March 2005
- Criticising South East Development Agency in November 2002
- Dealing with internet spam in September 2002
- Calling for free internet access in March 1998
Video clips edit
- YouTube Channel