Elliot Morley

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Elliot Morley MP

Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe Glanford and Scunthorpe (1987-1997)
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 1987
Preceded by	Richard Hickmet

Born	6 July 1952 (1952-07-06) (age 55)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

Elliot Anthony Morley PC (born 6 July 1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1987 to 1997 and is MP for Scunthorpe since 1997.

1 Early life
2 Political career
3 Environmental Record
4 Personal life
5 Notes
6 External links
7 News items

[edit] Early life

He went to school at St Margaret's Church of England High School on Aigburth Road in Aigburth in south Liverpool. He received a BEd from Hull College of Education (which became part of the University of Hull). He was head of Special Needs at Greatfield High School (became Isaac Newton School in 1995, and is now David Lister School) on Annandale Road in Hull. He was a councillor on Hull City Council from 1979-86.

[edit] Political career

He served as Fisheries Minister from 1997 to 2003, and was seen as an unpopular figure by fishermen^{[citation needed]}. He was Minister for Environment and Agri-Environment in DEFRA but left government in the May 2006 reshuffle. On 19 December 2006, he was appointed to the Privy Council.^[1]

[edit] Environmental Record

Environmental Record of Elliot Morley

Elliot Morley, Environmental positions served

June 13, 2003 - Morley stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. [2]

June 13, 2003 – Morley became a Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. [2]

May 28, 2004 - Morley became a member of the Environmental Audit Committee. [2]

April 11, 2005 – Morley stopped being a member of the Environmental Audit Committee. [2]

July 20, 2005 - Morley became a member of the Environmental Audit Committee. [2]

May 8, 2005 - Morley stopped being Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. [2]

June 27, 2006 - Morley stopped being a member of the Environmental Audit Committee. [2]

Policy Agreement (percentages are based on voting record)

Elliot Morley is 0% in agreement for the limiting of civil aviation pollution. [2]

Elliot Morley is 0% in agreement for not banning fox hunting. [2]

Voting Record

On July 4, 2006 Elliot Morley voted against the Financing of No. 2 Bill- Ways and Means – New Clause 9- Energy Efficiency and water conservation: fiscal and economic report. [3]

2. - http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Elliot_Morley&mpc=Scunthorpe

3.- http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Elliot_Morley&mpc=Scunthorpe&display=allvotes#divisions

Morley has pushed strongly for a series of environmental causes. In 2004, he urged to strengthen the United Kingdom's efforts to purchase legally harvested lumber[1] and aided the launch a program to manage flooding and coastal erosion called 'WaveNet'. Following in 2005, Morley assisted in the establishment of a Governmental Decontamination Service[2], which would provide decontamination and cleansing assistance after deliberate chemical, radiological, bioliogical, or nuclear incidents and major accenidental releases of harmful materials[3].

1. Illegal Logging
2. WaveNet
3. Defra Coverage of Governmental Decontamination Service

[edit] Personal life

He is married with two children. He is Honorary Vice President of the Association of Drainage Authorities and Wildlife and Countryside Link. He is Honorary President of North Lincolnshire Royal Society for the Protection of Animals. He has an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Lincoln for services to nature conservation and one from the Institution of Civil Engineers for services to flood and coastal defence. He is a former President of Hull Teachers Association and a former Council member of the RSPB.