David Heyes

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David Alan Heyes (born April 2, 1946) is a British politician and Labour Member of Parliament for Ashton under Lyne.

David Heyes was born in Manchester and was educated at the city's Blackley Technical High School and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences from the Open University. 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, and 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 is married to Judith Egerton-Gallagher, and they have a son and a daughter. He has fought for compensation for residents living alongside the M60 motorway.[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Sheldon		 Member of Parliament for Ashton under Lyne
2001 – present		 Incumbent
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