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Christopher Williamson (born 16 September 1956) is a Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Derby North since 9 June 2017, having served previously for the same seat from 2010 until 2015. He was Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government for three years between October 2010 and October 2013.
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- Early life and career
- First term 201015
- Second term 2017present
- References
Williamson was also previously a local councillor in Derby, representing the Normanton ward from 1991 until his resignation in 2011. He served as leader of Derby City Council twice.
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Early life and career
Born in Derby, he attended the St. John Fisher Primary School in Alvaston; Castle Donington High School, and St. Thomas More High School, Allenton before Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University) where he obtained a CQSW in 1985.
He worked as a mechanical engineering apprentice for a year from 1972 onwards, then worked as a bricklayer for six years. He was a social worker in Derby between 1983-1986 before working as a welfare rights officer. He has been a vegan since the 1970s.
Williamson joined the Labour Party in 1976 and became a councillor in 1991, then became Leader of the Labour Group on Derby City Council. And served as Leader of Derby City Council on two separate occasions. He is a member of the League Against Cruel Sports and is vice chair of the Local Government Anti Poverty Forum.
First term (2010–15)
Williamson was the second newly-elected MP of the 2010 intake to make his maiden speech in the House of Commons, speaking in response to the Queen's Speech on 25 May 2010.
In October 2010, he became Shadow Fire and Emergency Services Minister within the Shadow Communities and Local Government team after serving just four months as an MP but after the reshuffle of the party in 2013; his role as Shadow Minister was replaced by Lyn Brown.
He served as a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee between July and November 2010 and November 2013 to March 2015.
He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to Ed Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.
At the 2015 general election, Williamson lost the Derby North seat to Amanda Solloway of the Conservative Party.
Second term (2017–present)
Williamson is a staunch ally of the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and has been described as the "most pro-Jeremy Corbyn candidate in England’s most marginal constituency". Corbyn has described Williamson as a "very great friend", saying that his defeat at the 2015 general election was "a shock" and "the worst result of that night". Williamson expressed that his campaign in Derby North would be a "test case for Corbynism". and Corbyn came to campaign for Williamson on 6 May 2017 during the snap general election campaign.
At the 2017 general election, Williamson regained his former seat from Amanda Solloway of the Conservative Party with a majority of 2,015 votes. On 3 July 2017, Williamson was appointed as Shadow Fire and Emergency Services Minister within the Shadow Home Office team.
Williamson returned in August 2017 to Corbyn's suggestion, during his first leadership campaign, for women-only train carriages to reduce sexual assaults; reported incidents have doubled since 2012. Labour colleagues Jess Phillips and Stella Creasy were critical of the idea. The Women's Equality Party also criticised his comments.