Malcolm Wicks
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Malcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is member of Parliament for Croydon North, and a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected in 1992 and had previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1987.
He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, North West London Polytechnic and the London School of Economics. Before becoming an MP, Malcolm worked in the Urban Deprivation Unit of the Home Office, and was a lecturer and Director of the Family Policy Studies Centre. He has been the author and co-author of many publications, including a pioneering work on hypothermia, Old and Cold: hypothermia and social policy.
Malcolm is one of a handful of MPs whose Private Member's Bill reached the statute books becoming the Carers (Recognition & Services) Act 1995, recognising the needs of family carers for the first time.
Mr Wicks was Chairman of the Education Select Committee from 1998 until his July 1999 appointment as Minister for Lifelong Learning in the Department for Education and Employment. Following that he was Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions between July 2001 and May 2005, when he was appointed as Minister of Energy in the post-election Cabinet reshuffle.
Malcolm was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire to Arthur Wicks and the late Daisy Wicks. He married Margaret Baron in 1968 and has three children.
External links
- Malcolm Wicks (http://www.malcolmwicks.labour.co.uk/) official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Malcolm Wicks MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-5515,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Malcolm Wicks MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/malcolm_wicks/croydon_north)sv:Malcolm Wicks