DUGHER, Michael

Member for Barnsely East since 2010. Political career: Chief Political Spokesman to the PM 2008-10; Special Adviser 2001-08; Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for Skipton and Ripon 2001; Head of Policy AEEU (now Unite the Union) 1998-2001; National Chair Labour Students 1997-98; Area Convenor NUS (Notts and Derbyshire) 1995-96. Special political interests: Economy, especially worklessness; defence. Profession/Trade: Trade union official , government adviser, civil servant. Education: University of Nottingham, BA (Hons) Politics; The McAuley RC School, Doncaster; St Marys Primary School RC, Edlington. Affiliations: Member, UNITE; Member, UNISON. Contributor to: the Dictionary of Labour Biography (2001). Author of: Fools Gold: Dispelling the Myth of the Tory Economic Legacy (Progress 1999). Hobbies: Football (watching); music (playing and listening); history (especially military history). b. 26 April 1975, Doncaster. Married with two children.