Rt Hon David Miliband

David Miliband

Constituency

South Shields

Party

Labour

Address as

Mr Miliband

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 1643
milibandd@parliament.uk

Constituency

Ede House, 143 Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 3PD
Tel: 0191-456 8910
Fax: 0191-456 5842

Biography

Electoral history

Member for South Shields since 7 June 2001 general election

Parliamentary career

Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills (School Standards) 2002-04; Minister for the Cabinet Office 2004-05; Minister of Communities and Local Government, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2005-06; Secretary of State for: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2006-07, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Foreign Secretary) 2007-10; Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Shadow Foreign Secretary) 2010

Party groups

President, SERA 2007-; Contested Labour leadership 2010

Councils, public bodies

Secretary, Social Justice Commission

International bodies

Founder, Centre for European Reform; Vice-President, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch) 2007-10

Political interests

Education, employment, foreign affairs

General Election 2010 - South Shields

Name Party Votes %
Miliband, David Lab 18995 51.86%
Allen, Karen Con 7886 21.53%
Psallidas, Stephen Lib Dem 5189 14.17%
Watson, Donna BNP 2382 6.51%
Ford, Shirley Green 762 2.09%
Kaikavoosi, Siamak Ind 729 2%
Thompson, Victor Ind 316 0.87%
Navabi, Sam Ind 168 0.46%
Nettleship, Roger Anti-War 91 0.25%
Result Lab Hold (6.41% from Lab to Con)