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Ian Arthur Cawsey (born 14 April 1960) is a British Labour politcian, who has been the Member of Parliament for Brigg and Goole since the 1997 general election.
Early life
He went to Welholme Primary School on Heneage Road, then Wintringham School on Weelsby Avenue in Grimsby. He was a councillor for Ashby in Scunthorpe on the former Humberside County Council from 1989 until 1996. He stood in the 1992 election for the seat of Brigg & Cleethorpes. From 1996-7, he was leader of North Lincolnshire Council. From 1977 until 1987 he worked in computing for Imperial Foods (now known as Young's Bluecrest) in Grimsby and Seven Seas Health Care (owned by Merck KGaA) on Hedon Road in Hull.
Parliamentary career
He has been an MP since the 1997 election, and is seen as an unquestioning loyalist to the Labour government who has rarely rebelled against the party whip at Westminster except to support the right of abode for Gurkha veterans.
He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Lord Williams of Mostyn from 2001 to 2002. He then became PPS to David Miliband at the Department for Education and Skills and then the Cabinet Office. After the 2005 general election he was made a Government whip.
On taking office Gordon Brown appointed Cawsey to be a Vice-Chair of the Labour Party with responsibility for animal welfare.
Personal life
He married Linda Mary Kirman in July 1987. They have a son Jacob born May 1993 and two daughters Hannah born January 1988 and Lydia March 1997, and reside in Winterton. He is a musician and has performed in local glam rock tribute bands, and sings and plays bass guitar in the rock group MP4, which is composed of four MPs, Cawsey, Pete Wishart MP, Greg Knight MP and Kevin Brennan MP.
In late 1997 he had cancer which he has now overcome.
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