Bob Wareing

Bob Wareing
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Bob Wareing MP

Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 June 1983
Preceded by	Eric Ogden
Majority	15,225 (50.0%)

Born	20 August 1930 (1930-08-20) (age 78) Liverpool
Nationality	British
Political party	Independent MP
Other political affiliations	Labour (until 2007)
Spouse	Betty Coward
Alma mater	University of London

Robert Nelson Wareing, commonly known as Bob Wareing, (born August 20, 1930, Liverpool) is an Independent politician in the United Kingdom and Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby. Until November 2007 he was a Labour Member, but resigned the party whip following his deselection.

1 Early life
2 Parliamentary career
3 Personal life
4 Notes
5 External links
- 5.1 Video clips

Early life

He went to Ranworth Square Council School (now Ranworth Square Primary School) in Norris Green, then Alsop High School on Queen's Drive in Liverpool. He gained an external BSc degree in Economics from London University in 1956 and a teacher's certificate from Bolton College of Education (now the University of Bolton) the following year. He was a local government officer for Liverpool Corporation from 1946-8 and 1950-6. He was a lecturer ar Brooklyn Technical College in Great Barr from 1957-9, Wigan and District Mining and Technical College from 1959-63, at Liverpool College of Commerce on Tithebarn Street from 1963-5, at Liverpool City Institute of Further Education from 1964-72, and at the Central Liverpool College of Further Education from 1972-83 as Deputy Head of Adult Education.

Parliamentary career

He was first elected at the 1983 general election, having previously stood (unsuccessfully) in Liverpool Edge Hill at the by-election in March 1979 and at the 1979 general election. He also contested Berwick upon Tweed in 1970.

In July 1997 the House of Commons Select Committee on Standards and Privileges reprimanded and suspended Wareing from the Commons for a week over the non-declaration of the interests of his consultancy firm. Known in some quarters as "Serbian Bob" or the "member for Belgrade" as a result of his pro-Serb views, he was one of the few Labour MPs to vote against the NATO intervention over Kosovo in 1999.

Wareing is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, and an affiliate of the Labour Representation Committee, frequently rebelling against the government. On 31 October 2006, Wareing was one of 12 Labour MPs to back Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party's call for an inquiry into the Iraq War.^[1] In August 2007 Wareing failed to gain sufficient support from grassroots Labour Party and Trade Union members to avoid facing a challenge in his reselection as the Labour candidate for the next general election. On 16 September 2007, Wareing was defeated in a selection contest by former MP Stephen Twigg. He denounced his deselection as the work of a "New Labour Mafia", announced his intention to seek re-election as an independent^[2]^[3] and resigned the Labour whip.