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Malcolm Wicks
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| Malcolm Wicks | |
| In office 1992 – 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Humfrey Malins |
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| Succeeded by | seat abolished |
| Constituency | Croydon North West |
| In office 1997 – present |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
| Constituency | Croydon North |
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| Born | 1 July 1947 Hatfield, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Margaret Wicks |
Malcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947, Hatfield) is Labour member of Parliament for Croydon North and Minister of State for Science.
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Wicks was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire to Arthur Wicks, a Labour member of the London County Council and later Greater London Council, and the late Daisy Wicks. He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, North West London Polytechnic and the London School of Economics.
Wicks worked in the Urban Deprivation Unit of the Home Office, and was a lecturer in Social Administration at Brunel University. He was later Director of the Family Policy Studies Centre. He has been the author and co-author of many publications, including a work on hypothermia, Old and Cold: hypothermia and social policy. He was involved in politics in Croydon, chairing his local Constituency Labour Party and standing for election to Croydon Council before his election to parliament.
He was first elected in 1992 for Croydon North West after having previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1987.
Wicks' Private Member's Bill reached the statute books, becoming the Carers (Recognition & Services) Act 1995, recognising the needs of family careers.
He was Chairman of the Education Select Committee from 1998 until his July 1999 appointment as Minister for Lifelong Learning in the Department for Education and Employment. Following that he was Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions between July 2001 and May 2005, when he was appointed as Minister for Energy at the Department of Trade and Industry in the post-election Cabinet reshuffle. In a mini-reshuffle on 10 November 2006 Wicks was appointed as Minister for Science.
He married Margaret Baron in 1968 and has three children.
- Malcolm Wicks official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Malcolm Wicks MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Malcolm Wicks MP
- DTI - Minister of State for Energy - includes Malcolm's Ministerial speeches
Article by Malcolm Wicks
- Tackling Two Challenges: Climate Change and Secure Supply in the United Kingdom - World Energy Magazine Vol. 9 No. 2
- "Doctor Who can help save science, says minister" 8 January 2007
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Humfrey Malins |
Member of Parliament for Croydon North West 1992–1997 |
Succeeded by (Constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by (New constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Croydon North 1997 – present |
Incumbent |
Categories: 1947 births | Labour MPs (UK) | Current British MPs | Current members of the United Kingdom Parliament from English constituencies | Politics of Croydon | Alumni of the University of North London | Alumni of the London School of Economics | Academics of Brunel University | Living people | UK MPs 1992-1997 | UK MPs 1997-2001 | UK MPs 2001-2005 | UK MPs 2005-