Chris Bird

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Chris Bird, Treasurer and acting Secretary of Clacton Constituency Labour Party

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In office
May 2016 - Present
EmployerClacton Constituency Labour Party

Employment.png Trustee

In office
June 2014 - Present
EmployerTendring Citizens Advice Bureau

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In office
April 2014 - Present
EmployerTendring Specialist Stroke Services

Employment.png 3H Charity work in Uganda

In office
2008 - Present

Employment.png Governor

In office
March 2014 - August 2016
EmployerFrobisher School

Employment.png Vice Chair,  Southall School

In office
August 2008 - October 2013

Employment.png Treasurer,  Telford Mind

In office
July 2007 - October 2013

Employment.png Treasurer,  Isabel Hospice

In office
2006 - August 2011

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In office
1996 - 1999
EmployerPsion

Employment.png Freelance Consultant

In office
1992 - 1996
EmployerZimmer

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In office
1989 - 1991
EmployerPansophic Systems

Employment.png Director

In office
1986 - 1989
EmployerRenishaw-MAE
Preceded bySimon Nora

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In office
1982 - 1984
EmployerCapper Neill

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.[1] Former Clacton CLP Secretary, Joe Freebody acted as Chris Bird's agent at the by-election.[2]

In November 2016, Parsons defected to Labour without resigning his seat on Tendring District Council.[3]

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).[4]
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

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