David Heyes

Biography:

David Heyes was re-elected MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in May 2010 with a majority of 9,094.

David Heyes was born in Manchester and was educated at the city’s Blackley Technical High School (now a housing estate) on Dommett Street and was awarded a BA in Social sciences from the Open University in 1987. He joined the Manchester City Council in 1962 as a local government officer, before joining the Greater Manchester County Council in 1974. He was appointed as a principal local government officer with the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Council in 1987, leaving local government employment in 1990 to set up as a graphic designer after 28 years service. In 1995 he was appointed as the deputy district manager at the Manchester Citizens Advice Bureau where he remained until his election to parliament.

He is an active trade unionist, having been a member of UNISON (and its predecessor NALGO) since 1962. He was elected as a councillor for the borough council in Oldham in 1992, and was the secretary of the Labour group 1993-2000, he stood down from the council in 2004. He served for five years as the vice chairman of the Ashton under Lyne Constituency Labour Party from 1995.

Since the retirement of Ashton’s veteran Labour MP Robert Sheldon at the 2001 General Election, he has represented the seat comfortably in the House of Commons.

He has served as a member of the public administration select committee since 2001. He has fought for compensation for residents living alongside the M60 motorway.

He is married to Judith Egerton-Gallagher, and they have a son and a daughter.

Constituency: Ashton Under Lyne

Constituency Address: St. Michael’s Court, St. Michael’s Square, Stamford Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6XN

Constituency Tel: 0161 3319307

Date of Birth: 2 April 1946

Email: heyesd@parliament.uk

Party: Labour

Personal Website: http://www.labour.org.uk/maps/locinfo.phtml?ctid=2313