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David Leonard Watts, Baron Watts (born 26 August 1951) is a British politician and life peer who served in the Blair and Brown governments as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2005 to 2010 and chaired the Parliamentary Labour Party as a backbencher from 2012 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens North from 1997 to 2015.
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Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 15 March 2012 – 9 February 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
Leader | Ed Miliband | ||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Tony Lloyd | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | John Cryer | ||||||||||||||||||
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 10 May 2005 – 11 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Heppell | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Angela Watkinson | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1951-08-26) 26 August 1951 (age 72) St Helens, England | ||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||
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Avril Davies (m. 1972) | ||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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