Iain Coleman
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Iain Coleman (born January 18, 1958) was the Labour member of Parliament for Hammersmith and Fulham in London from 1997 to 2005.
Coleman was educated at Tonbridge School. He worked as a local government officer in the London Boroughs of Ealing and Islington. His mother and brother were councillors in Barnet and Westminster respectively.
Coleman was a councillor on Hammersmith and Fulham Council 1986-97, serving as Leader 1991-96 and Mayor from 1996 to 1997. When Chief Whip of the Labour Group, he had resigned over service cuts. He was first elected as an MP in the 1997 general election, and retained the highly marginal seat at the 2001 general election. He announced on March 14 2005, that he would not be contesting the May 2005 general election, due to ill health. Melanie Smallman was subsequently selected by the local Constituency Labour Party to replace him as candidate but was unsuccessful, losing to the Conservative Party.
Coleman is married to Dame Sally Powell, a leading councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham and Labour Party NEC member. He has one son.
External links
- BBC article about him standing down (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4348979.stm)sv:Iain Coleman