Richard Caborn

Richard Caborn        (Politician, Politician)
Born	6 October 1943 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Sheffield Polytechnic
Spouse	Margaret Hayes
Party	Labour, (Suspended)
UK/Minister for Sport In office 7 June 2001 - 28 June 2007  UK/Minister for Trade In office 20 October 1999 - 7 June 2001  UK/Minister for the Environment In office 2 May 1997 - 20 October 1999  Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central In office 10 June 1983 - 12 April 2010 Preceded by Kenneth Baker, Tony Benn, Winston Churchill II, Gwyneth Dunwoody, Clement Freud, Stephen Hastings, Nicholas Lyell, Fred Mulley, John Nott, Merlyn Rees, William Rodgers, David Waddington  Member of the European Parliament for Sheffield In office 7 June 1979 - 14 June 1984 Succeeded by Stephen Hughes

Richard Caborn is a Labour MP for Sheffield. He a member of the Commons since 1983, he also served a single term as an MEP from 1979 until 1984. He was formerly Trade Minister, as well as Minister of Sport from 2001 until 2007.

Affiliations

• Non-executive Director, Nuclear Management Partners (http://www.nuclearmanagementpartners.com/) - Consortium promoting nuclear industry

Resources

• BBC, "Caborn to stand down as city MP," 13 September 2007, accessed 25 November 2008.
• Nuclear Management Partners, Company profile, accessed 25 November 2008.
• Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts," The Sunday Times, 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.

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