Mark Lazarowicz

Biography:

Mark Lazarowicz was re-elected MP for Edinburgh North and Leith in May 2010 with a majority of 1,724.

Mark Lazarowicz was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith in June 2001 and reelected in May 2005, for the expanded Edinburgh North & Leith constituency. Since his election in 2001, he has taken a keen interest in a range of issues including climate change and the environment, debt and personal finance, road safety, trade justice and international development, and the future of the European Union and the United Nations.

Mark is currently a member of two House of Commons Select Committees – the Environmental Audit Committee and the Modernisation Committee. Mark has also served on the Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill, and the special Parliamentary Committee appointed to look at the draft Climate Change Bill.

Mark has the distinction of achieving legislative success with two Private Members’ Bills. In 2002 Mark successfully piloted the Employee Share Schemes Bill through Parliament and in 2006 he achieved success with the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill. Mark won the prestigious PRASEG Parliamentarian of the Year Award in 2006 for his work in promoting renewable energy.

Mark won the Road Safety Parliamentarian of the Year award, presented by the road safety charity Brake, in 2003 and was recognised again for his work in this area in 2004.

Mark is the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Debt and Personal Finance and Vice-Chair to the APPG on Road Safety and the APPG on Debt, Trade & Aid. Mark is also a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Employee Ownership.

Mark is an active member of the Co-operative movement. Mark sits in the House of Commons as a “Labour and Co-operative MP” and is a member of the Labour & Co-operative Parliamentary Group. Mark is also a member of the Transport & General Workers’ Union, of which he has been a member for 30 years. He has been a member of the Socialist Environment & Resources Association (SERA), and is an active member of its Parliamentary group. He is also a member of Friends of the Earth and the Fabian Society.

Mark lives with his family in the heart of Edinburgh North & Leith Constituency, and is an active member of a wide range of community organisations in his constituency.

Constituency: Edinburgh North and Leith

Constituency Address: 5 Croall Place, EDINBURGH, EH7 4LT

Constituency Tel: 0131 557 0577

Date of Birth: 8 August 1953

Party: Labour/Co-operative Party

Personal Website: www.marklazarowicz.org.uk

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/2015mark