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'''Martin Philip Caton''' (born 15 June 1951) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)| | '''Martin Philip Caton''' (born 15 June 1951) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]] from [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] to [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]. | ||
==Early life and career== | ==Early life and career== | ||
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==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
He won the safe Labour seat of Gower at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]] on the retirement of [[Gareth Wardell]]. He was elected with a majority of 13,007 and made his maiden speech on 4 June 1997, in which he defended the [[cockle (bivalve)|cockle]] industry in his constituency.<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970604/debtext/70604-34.htm#70604-34_spnew1 Martin Caton's maiden speech] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025012/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970604/debtext/70604-34.htm#70604-34_spnew1 |date=16 February 2018 }}, publications.parliament.uk; accessed 8 May 2015.</ref> | He won the then-safe Labour seat of Gower at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]] on the retirement of [[Gareth Wardell]]. He was elected with a majority of 13,007 and made his maiden speech on 4 June 1997, in which he defended the [[cockle (bivalve)|cockle]] industry in his constituency.<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970604/debtext/70604-34.htm#70604-34_spnew1 Martin Caton's maiden speech] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025012/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970604/debtext/70604-34.htm#70604-34_spnew1 |date=16 February 2018 }}, publications.parliament.uk; accessed 8 May 2015.</ref> | ||
Caton participated in the rebellion of Labour MPs voting against the government decision to invade Iraq in 2003, and was one of the 88 Labour MPs to vote against replacing the Trident | Caton participated in the rebellion of Labour MPs voting against the government decision to invade Iraq in 2003, and was one of the 88 Labour MPs to vote against replacing the [[Trident nuclear missile]] system, Caton having been a member of the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] for years. Within Parliament, he spent a long time on the [[Wales Office|Welsh Affairs]] [[Select committee (United Kingdom)|Select committee]] and sat with the [[Socialist Campaign Group|Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs]].<ref>[http://l-r-c.org.uk/ge2010candidates/martin-caton Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131151803/http://l-r-c.org.uk/ge2010candidates/martin-caton/ |date=31 January 2011 }}, l-r-c.org.uk; accessed 8 May 2015.</ref> Martin Caton retired from Parliament at the 2015 General Election. | ||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:More footnotes needed Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Martin Philip Caton (born 15 June 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gower from 1997 to 2015.
Early life and career
Caton was born in Bishop's Stortford and educated at the Newport Free Grammar School near Saffron Walden, the Norfolk School of Agriculture, and the Aberystwyth College of Further Education. From 1974 he worked for 10 years as a research officer with the Welsh Plant Breeding Station at Aberystwyth before becoming a researcher for the member of the European Parliament David Morris. He was elected as a councillor of the Mumbles Community Council (1986–90) and to the Swansea City Council from 1988 until his election in 1997 to parliament.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Political career
He won the then-safe Labour seat of Gower at the 1997 general election on the retirement of Gareth Wardell. He was elected with a majority of 13,007 and made his maiden speech on 4 June 1997, in which he defended the cockle industry in his constituency.[1]
Caton participated in the rebellion of Labour MPs voting against the government decision to invade Iraq in 2003, and was one of the 88 Labour MPs to vote against replacing the Trident nuclear missile system, Caton having been a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament for years. Within Parliament, he spent a long time on the Welsh Affairs Select committee and sat with the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs.[2] Martin Caton retired from Parliament at the 2015 General Election.
Personal life
He married Bethan Evans in 1996 and they have two daughters.
References
External links
- Martin Caton MP official site
- Martin Caton MP Welsh Labour Party profile
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- ↑ Martin Caton's maiden speech Template:Webarchive, publications.parliament.uk; accessed 8 May 2015.
- ↑ Profile Template:Webarchive, l-r-c.org.uk; accessed 8 May 2015.