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Geoff Hoon
Geoffrey William Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 1992 to 2010 for the Labour Party. He is a former Defence Secretary, Transport Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip.
He had previously been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Derbyshire from 1984 to 1994.
His mother June attended the Homelands School in Derby, in the 1940s, and his father attended the Central School for Boys, in Derby. His father lived on Howard Street in Derby, in the 1940s.
Hoon was born in Derby, England, and is the son of railwayman Ernest Hoon and June Collett. His parents were Methodists, and he attended the New Sawley Methodist church.
He was privately educated at Nottingham High School, an independent school. He gained seven O levels in 1970. He competed in the 400m hurdles, running 65.2 seconds, at school. In November 1971 he was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. In August 1972 he received grade B in English, grade A in History, and grade A in Economics. He worked in a local furniture factory before going to university. He then read law at Jesus College, Cambridge, from which he graduated in 1976. He was a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Leeds from 1976 to 1982 and was a sub-warden at Devonshire Hall. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1978, and was also a visiting Law Professor at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, from 1979 to 1980. In 1982, Hoon became a practising barrister in Nottingham.
At a meeting in Matlock on Saturday 10 December 1983, he was chosen as the Labour Euro candidate. He had not been in favour of the EEC in 1973, and campaigned against it. In 1983, when he had a moustache, he thought that the EEC funding was put in the wrong places, and that he wanted a change to the EEC food budgets, with much food going to waste, and that some products in the supermarket cost too much. He described how British trucks were hijacked in France, and British drivers kidnapped.
Hoon was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Derbyshire in 1984 and served in Brussels and Strasbourg for ten years. In 1988, he drafted a report for the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs in favour of prohibiting dual membership of the European Parliament and national parliaments, subsequently approved by the Parliament and enacted as of the 2004 European elections. Ironically, Hoon himself became a dual-mandate member for two years, after being elected to the House of Commons in 1992 and only standing down from the European Parliament at the 1994 elections.
He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election for Ashfield, making his maiden speech on 20 May 1992, following the retirement of the sitting Labour MP, Frank Haynes. He held the seat with a majority of 12,987 and remained as the MP until the 2010 general election.
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Geoff Hoon
Geoffrey William Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 1992 to 2010 for the Labour Party. He is a former Defence Secretary, Transport Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip.
He had previously been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Derbyshire from 1984 to 1994.
His mother June attended the Homelands School in Derby, in the 1940s, and his father attended the Central School for Boys, in Derby. His father lived on Howard Street in Derby, in the 1940s.
Hoon was born in Derby, England, and is the son of railwayman Ernest Hoon and June Collett. His parents were Methodists, and he attended the New Sawley Methodist church.
He was privately educated at Nottingham High School, an independent school. He gained seven O levels in 1970. He competed in the 400m hurdles, running 65.2 seconds, at school. In November 1971 he was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. In August 1972 he received grade B in English, grade A in History, and grade A in Economics. He worked in a local furniture factory before going to university. He then read law at Jesus College, Cambridge, from which he graduated in 1976. He was a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Leeds from 1976 to 1982 and was a sub-warden at Devonshire Hall. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1978, and was also a visiting Law Professor at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, from 1979 to 1980. In 1982, Hoon became a practising barrister in Nottingham.
At a meeting in Matlock on Saturday 10 December 1983, he was chosen as the Labour Euro candidate. He had not been in favour of the EEC in 1973, and campaigned against it. In 1983, when he had a moustache, he thought that the EEC funding was put in the wrong places, and that he wanted a change to the EEC food budgets, with much food going to waste, and that some products in the supermarket cost too much. He described how British trucks were hijacked in France, and British drivers kidnapped.
Hoon was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Derbyshire in 1984 and served in Brussels and Strasbourg for ten years. In 1988, he drafted a report for the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs in favour of prohibiting dual membership of the European Parliament and national parliaments, subsequently approved by the Parliament and enacted as of the 2004 European elections. Ironically, Hoon himself became a dual-mandate member for two years, after being elected to the House of Commons in 1992 and only standing down from the European Parliament at the 1994 elections.
He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election for Ashfield, making his maiden speech on 20 May 1992, following the retirement of the sitting Labour MP, Frank Haynes. He held the seat with a majority of 12,987 and remained as the MP until the 2010 general election.