George Edward Mudie (born
6 February 1945) is a
politician in the United
Kingdom
. He is
Labour member of Parliament for
Leeds East.
Early life
Born in
Dundee
, Scotland
George Mudie
was educated at the Waid Academy in
Anstruther
and later studied Social Studies at Newbattle Abbey
College in Dalkeith
. He
worked initially as an engineer and then joined the
merchant navy.
In 1968 he became a
trade union official with the National Union of Public
Employees, a position he held until his election to the
House of
Commons
in 1992.
Parliamentary career
He was elected as a councillor to
Leeds City Council (1971-92) and was the
council's leader (1980-1990), being its youngest leader. He was
elected as the Labour MP for Leeds East at the
1992 General Election
following the retirement of the former
Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Denis Healey. He has held the seat
comfortably since.
In Parliament he was appointed as an Opposition
Whip in 1994, a position he held until the
Labour landslide at the
1997 election when he
was elevated to become the
Treasurer of HM Household and Deputy
Chief Whip. In 1998 he was appointed as a
Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State at the
Department for Education and
Employment. He was dropped from the government in 1999.
He has served on a number of
select committees, and
has been a member of the
Treasury
Select Committee since 2001.
Personal life
He is married with three children, one from a former marriage. He
named his eldest son Keir after
Keir
Hardie. His wife is a primary school headmistress.
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