Rt Hon Malcolm Wicks

Malcolm Wicks

Constituency

Croydon North

Party

Labour

Address as

Mr Wicks

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4418
Fax: 020 7219 2795
malcolm.wicks.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency

908 London Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7PE
Tel: 020 8665 1214
Fax: 020 8683 0179

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Croydon North West 1987 general election. Member for Croydon North West 1992-97, for Croydon North 1997-2010, for Croydon North (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

Opposition Spokesperson for Social Security 1995-97; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lifelong Learning), Department for Education and Employment 1999-2001; Department for Work and Pensions 2001-05: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Work) 2001-03, Minister of State (Pensions) 2003-05; Minister of State: Department of Trade and Industry 2005-07 (Energy 2005-06, Science and Innovation 2006-07), Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Energy) 2007-08; Prime Minister's Special Representative on International Energy Issues 2008-10

Select committees

Member: Social Security 1994-96, 1997-98, Liaison 1998-99; Chair: Education and Employment (Education Sub-Committee) 1998-99; Member: Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill 2011-12

Political interests

Social policy, welfare state, education, energy, values

Countries of interest

Australia, Europe, New Zealand

General Election 2010 - Croydon North

Name Party Votes %
Wicks, Malcolm Lab 28949 55.81%
Hadden, Jason Con 12466 24.04%
Jerome, Gerry Lib Dem 7226 13.94%
Khan, Shasha Green 1017 1.97%
Serter, Jonathan UKIP 891 1.72%
Williams, Novlette Christian 586 1.13%
Shaikh, Mohommad Respect 272 0.53%
Stevenson, Ben Comm 160 0.31%
Seyed Mohamed, Mohamed Ind 111 0.22%
Result Lab Hold (0.2% from Con to Lab)