| 词条 | Jim Sheridan (politician) |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = James Sheridan | honorific-suffix = | image = JimSheridanMPPortrait.jpg | office = Member of Parliament for Paisley & Renfrewshire North Renfrewshire West (2001–2005) | parliament = | majority = | predecessor = Thomas Graham | successor = Gavin Newlands | term_start = 7 June 2001 | term_end = 30 March 2015 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|11|24}} | birth_place = Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = British | spouse = | party = Labour (suspended) | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | religion = Roman Catholic | signature = | footnotes = }} James Sheridan (born 24 November 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley & Renfrewshire North between 2005 and 2015. He was previously MP for Renfrewshire West from 2001 to 2005. Early lifeSheridan was born in Glasgow and attended St Sixtus Primary School and St Pius Secondary School in Drumchapel, now the home of Drumchapel High School. He also served on Renfrewshire Council from 1999 representing Erskine Central. Before entering politics he worked in shipyards from 1970 to 1978, then as a printer for the Paisley Daily Express from 1978 to 1984, then for Thales Optronics (formerly Barr and Stroud before 2001) in Glasgow, where he was a trade union convenor for the TGWU from 1984 to 2000.{{fact|date=February 2019}} Parliamentary careerHe was previously MP for Renfrewshire West from the 2001 election until the constituency was abolished in 2005. Sheridan was the promoter of the Bill which led to the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004.{{fact|date=February 2019}} Following the 2005 election, he was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. He resigned this post on 9 August 2006 in protest at the Government's policy on the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, particularly the permitting of aircraft carrying US weapons for Israel to refuel in the UK.[1][2] He was a strong supporter of Speaker of the House Michael Martin, at the time of the second-home expenses scandal, for instance stating that Martin did not know about the expenses claims of MPs on Radio 4's Today programme (18 May 2009). In November 2008, Sheridan tabled a Commons early day motion backing a Great Britain football team at the 2012 Olympics, saying football "should not be any different from other competing sports and our young talent should be allowed to show their skills on the world stage". The football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all opposed to a Great Britain team, fearing it would stop them competing as individual nations in future tournaments. The Daily Telegraph reported in 2009 that the Labour MP claimed a 42-inch plasma TV costing £699.99, a leather bed, and thousands of pounds worth of other furniture through his parliamentary allowances.[3] He defended his expenses as "authorised by the Fees Office and receipts were provided against all claims."[4] He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to Ed Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements[5] Post-parliamentary careerIn May 2017 he was elected as a councillor for a second time, representing the Labour Party for Houston, Crosslee and Linwood on Renfrewshire Council. Antisemitism allegation, and suspensionOn 18 August 2018 Jim Sheridan was suspended from the Labour Party, following an allegation that a Facebook post of his was anti-Semitic:[6] {{Quote|text=For almost all my adult life I have had the utmost respect and empathy for the Jewish community and their historic suffering. No longer due to what they and their Blairite plotters are doing to my party and the long suffering people of Britain who need a radical Labour government. }} The Labour MP Ian Austin MP tweeted: “Utterly disgusting from former MP, TGWU official and Chair of Unite group of MPs, Jim Sheridan. Time for @LenMcCluskey to show how serious he is about dealing with antisemitism.”[7] He was reinstated in February 2019. He commented: "I remain of the view that my accusers were misguided and overreacted to what was intended to highlight my personal frustration and criticism of those intent on undermining our leadership in Scotland and the UK. I would also like to reiterate my sincere apologies to the Jewish community whose historic struggle I have supported all my political life.”[8] Paul Masterton, the Conservative MP for East Renfrewshire, said: “This is an appalling decision that sends the wrong message entirely to the Jewish community."[9]Personal lifeHe lives in Erskine, Renfrewshire with his wife Jean. They have a son and daughter.[10] References1. ^BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | MP resigns post over Middle East 2. ^ {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508214110/http://www.james-sheridan-mp.org.uk/news.htm#Resignation_Statement_-_9th_August_2006 |date=8 May 2005 }} 3. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5354087/Jim-Sheridan-claimed-for-plasma-TV-and-leather-bed.html Jim Sheridan claimed for plasma TV and leather bed - Telegraph] 4. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/9940855/Flashback-how-the-Telegraph-revealed-Jim-Sheridans-expenses.html Flashback: how the Telegraph revealed Jim Sheridan's expenses - Telegraph] 5. ^{{cite news|last1=Eaton|first1=George|title=The Labour left demand a change of direction – why their intervention matters|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/labour-left-demand-change-direction-why-their-intervention-matters|accessdate=5 April 2015|publisher=New Statesman|date=26 January 2015}} 6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-suspends-councillor-jim-sheridan-after-anti-semitism-rant-11475559|title=Labour suspends councillor Jim Sheridan after anti-Semitism rant|work=Sky News|access-date=2018-08-18|language=en-GB}} 7. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/18/jim-sheridan-suspended-from-labour-over-antisemitism-row-comments Jim Sheridan suspended from Labour over antisemitism row comments | Politics | The Guardian] 8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/26/jim-sheridan-former-labour-mp-suspended-over-antisemitism-row-says-accusers-misguided|title=Former Labour MP reinstated after antisemitism row calls accusers 'misguided'|last=Grierson|first=Jamie|work=Guardian|date=2019-01-26|access-date=2019-01-27|language=en-GB}} 9. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/26/jim-sheridan-former-labour-mp-suspended-over-antisemitism-row-says-accusers-misguided Ex-Labour MP Jim Sheridan suspended over antisemitism row labels accusers 'misguided' | Politics | The Guardian] 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Rennie|first1=Alison|title=Jim Sheridan: 'I'm old school and proud of it.'|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/jim-sheridan-im-old-school-5646920|accessdate=9 November 2015|work=Daily Record|date=6 May 2015}}
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| title = Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire West | years = 2001–2005 }}{{s-non | reason = Constituency abolished }}{{s-new | constituency}}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Paisley & Renfrewshire North | years = 2005–2015 }}{{s-aft|after=Gavin Newlands}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheridan, James}} 9 : 1952 births|Living people|Politicians from Glasgow|Scottish Labour Party MPs|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies|UK MPs 2001–05|UK MPs 2005–10|UK MPs 2010–15|People from Erskine |
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