Chris Bird

Chris Bird
Chris Bird, Treasurer and acting Secretary of Clacton Constituency Labour Party
Treasurer  In office May 2016 - Present Employer Clacton Constituency Labour Party  Trustee In office June 2014 - Present Employer Tendring Citizens Advice Bureau  Treasurer  In office April 2014 - Present Employer Tendring Specialist Stroke Services  3H Charity work in Uganda In office 2008 - Present  Governor In office March 2014 - August 2016 Employer Frobisher School  Non Executive Director In office March 2011 - October 2013 Employer Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust  Vice Chair,  Southall School In office August 2008 - October 2013  Treasurer,  Telford Mind In office July 2007 - October 2013  Treasurer,  Isabel Hospice In office 2006 - August 2011  Associate Non Exec Director In office 2009 - 2011 Employer NHS West Midlands  Director In office 1999 - 2007 Employer Wealden Computing Services Ltd Preceded by Andrew Puddephatt In office 1996 - 1999 Employer Psion  Freelance Consultant In office 1992 - 1996 Employer Zimmer  Consultant In office 1989 - 1991 Employer Pansophic Systems  Director In office 1986 - 1989 Employer Renishaw-MAE Preceded by Simon Nora  Controller In office 1982 - 1984 Employer Capper Neill  Systems Analyst In office 1974 - 1979 Employer Norton Abrasives

Until 2 February 2017, Chris Bird was the Treasurer and acting Secretary of the Clacton Constituency Labour Party. He resigned from the Executive Committee with immediate effect, as did the Chair Sam Atkinson, her 17-year-old daughter Danielle and vice-Chair Dan Casey. No reason was given for their resignations.

Standing to lose

Chris Bird was named as the ‘weak’ council candidate who, if the claim is to be believed, "stood in order to lose" at the 2016 St Paul's by-election where UKIP candidate Jack Parsons was elected. Former Clacton CLP Secretary, Joe Freebody acted as Chris Bird's agent at the by-election.

In November 2016, Parsons defected to Labour without resigning his seat on Tendring District Council.

Authorising the candidate

On 20 December 2016, closing date for nominations, Chris Bird signed Patrick Haseldine's nomination papers, authorising him to stand as the Labour candidate in the 2017 Frinton by-election.

Sorry you lost in Frinton

On 23 January 2017. he emailed Patrick Haseldine:

Patrick

I am sorry you lost the election and if I had not have been on holiday, I would have supported you (despite your comments about me some 3 weeks ago).

Just to comment on your Wikispooks posting, I am probably the least likely member of the CLP to support Labour Friends of Israel as I am an active member of the PSC and various other pro Palestinian groups. You may be unaware that as an activist, I spent time in Palestine and worked in the West Bank and the Gaza strip and was shot at by Israeli forces for my efforts both in Rafah and in Khan Yunis.

Kind Regards

Chris

Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.