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{{Short description|British Labour Party politician}}
{{for|the English cricketer|Geoffrey Edge}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
'''Geoffrey Edge''' (born 26 May 1943) is a former British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician.

==Biography==
Geoffrey Edge was born in [[West Bromwich]]. He was educated at the [[London School of Economics]], from which he received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[Geography]], and the [[University of Birmingham]]. He then became a university lecturer.<ref>[https://intouchnetworks.com/en-gb/members/157462 In Touch, member profile]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Political career==
Edge was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] for the newly created constituency of [[Aldridge-Brownhills (UK Parliament constituency)|Aldridge-Brownhills]] at the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 general election]] with a majority of only 366 votes. He was re-elected in [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974]] with an increased majority, but lost the seat in [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]] to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate [[Richard Shepherd]].

Whilst in parliament, Edge served as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] (PPS) for ministers in the [[Department for Education]] and the [[Privy Council Office (United Kingdom)|Privy Council Office]].

After losing his seat, Edge served on [[West Midlands County Council]], where he created an economic development department. For 25 years (1982–2007) he was chairman, later chairman and chief executive, of West Midlands Enterprise, which provided long term finance to local companies. He also served as a Labour councillor and Leader of [[Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council]].

Edge stood unsuccessfully at the [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]] in [[Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Yardley]], but was beaten by the incumbent Conservative [[David Bevan (politician)|David Gilroy-Bevan]].

==Other activities==
Edge worked as a Senior Associate at P E International plc (1987–97) and also as an associate director of [[Atkins (company)|W S Atkins plc]]. He is currently (as of 2021) managing director of Geonomics Limited, a company he formed in 2007. The company website states that it is "a specialist regeneration, strategy and business consultancy".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geonomics.co.uk/about/ |title=Genomics Ltd website |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118074345/http://geonomics.co.uk/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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*''Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979''
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

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[[Category:People from West Bromwich]]
[[Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Birmingham]]

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imported>Dawnseeker2000: date format audit, minor formatting, typo(s) fixed: Associate Director → associate director