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John Dominic Battle, KC *SG (born 26 April 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1987 to 2010. ==Early life== Battle was born in Bradford and educated at (St. Paulinus' School ), a primary school in Dewsbury; St Michael's College, Underley Hall 1962-1967 (a junior seminary - secondary education - for the training of priests in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool), and at St Joseph's Upholland College (1967-1972). Following a year of work he went to the University of Leeds where he gained a BA First class hons in (English ) in 1976. From 1976-79 he undertook postgraduate research. In 1979 he began to work as a research assistant to Derek Enright, a fellow Catholic and a Member of the European Parliament. Battle gained a seat on the City of Leeds Council in 1980. He chaired the innovative Industry and Employment Committee and later the Housing Committee He was chosen to contest the Conservative seat of Leeds North West at the 1983 General Election. Donald Kaberry, the Conservative MP since the constituency's creation in 1955, was retiring. John Battle lost to a sitting MP in Keith Hampson, whose own seat of Ripon had been abolished. Battle became the national coordinator for Church Action on Poverty in 1983 and in 1986 John Battle was selected to fight the seat of Leeds West, which had seen a shock result at the 1983 general election. Joseph Dean had been comfortably re-elected as the Labour MP for Leeds West at the 1979 General Election, with a majority of over 10,000 votes. However, in 1983 he was defeated by the Liberal Michael Meadowcroft to national surprise, for Leeds West had been held by Labour since the war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Battle (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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