GAPES, Michael

Member for Ilford South since 1992. Committees: Member, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly since 2005; Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee 2005-10; Member, Defence Select Committee 2003-05 and 1999-2001; Member, NATO Parliamentary Assembly 2002-05; Chair, Westminster Foundation for Democracy 2002-05; Member, Foreign Affairs Select Committee 1992-97. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary, Home Office 2001-02; PPS, Northern Ireland Office 1997-99. Special political interests: Defence, foreign affairs, Europe, education, economic policy. Profession/Trade: Organiser, Research Officer, International Officer at Labour Party Head Office 1977-92. Education: Middlesex Polytechnic, Diploma Industrial Relations; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, MA (Hons) Economics; Buckhurst Hill County High School. Languages spoken: French. Affiliations: Co-operative Party; TGWU. Author of: After the Cold War (1990); Students and Socialism (1977); Activists Handbook (1977). Hobbies: Supporting West Ham United FC, Jazz and blues music. b. 4 September 1952, Wanstead.