Graham Stringer MP
Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley
Incumbent
Assumed office  1 May 1997
Preceded by	Kenneth Eastham
Majority	12,027 (43.6%)
Born	17 February 1950 (1950-02-17) (age 59) Manchester, England, UK
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Kathryn Stringer
Children	3 (2 step children)
Alma mater	University of Sheffield

Graham Eric Stringer (born 17 February 1950) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley since 1997.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Parliamentary career 3 Personal life 4 Views on dyslexia 5 References 6 External links 6.1 News items

[edit] Early life

He went to Moston Brook High School for Boys (closed in August 2000) on Northampton Road in Harpurhey/Monsall.

After graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield in 1971, Stringer was an analytical chemist in the plastics industry. Whilst at Sheffield University, Stringer served as a sabbactial officer in the role of Union Treasurer 1971/72.

Stringer became a local councillor in Manchester in 1979, and was Manchester City Council leader from 1984 to 1996. He was also chair of Manchester Airport plc from 1996 to 1997.

[edit] Parliamentary career

Stringer was first elected in the year of 1997, becoming a member of the Environment, Transport and Regions Select Committee until 1999. Stringer then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office until 2001, and then a government whip until from 2002. Stringer then returned to the back benches.

Stringer gained some notoriety when he became the first MP to publicly call for Gordon Brown to resign as Prime Minister.

[edit] Personal life

On January 17 1999 he married Kathryn Carr in New Orleans; the couple have one son.

[edit] Views on dyslexia

In a 2009 online column, Stringer denied the existence of dyslexia, calling it "a cruel fiction" invented by "the education establishment" to divert blame for illiteracy from "their eclectic and incomplete methods for instruction".^[1] The charities Dyslexia Action and the British Dyslexia Association criticised Stringer's claims.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Graham Stringer MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Graham Stringer MP
• Bio at the Labour Party website
• BBC Politics

[edit] News items

• Harpurhey is named most deprived place in England in 2004

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Preceded by Kenneth Eastham	Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley 1997–present	Incumbent

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