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Ashok Kumar
MP
Member of Parliament
for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
In office
1 May 1997 – 15 March 2010
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byTo be elected
Member of Parliament
for Langbaurgh
In office
7 November 1991 – 9 April 1992
Preceded byRichard Holt
Succeeded byMichael Walton Bates
Personal details
Born28 May 1956
Uttar Pradesh, India
Died15 March 2010 (aged 53)
Marton, Middlesbrough,
North Yorkshire, UK
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
ResidenceMarton, Middlesbrough
Alma materAston University
ProfessionResearch scientist

Ashok Kumar (28 May 1956 – 15 March 2010)[2] was an Indian-born British Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from 1997 up until his death, as mentioned, in 2010.

Early life

Kumar was born in Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh, India,[3] to Jagat Ram Saini and Santosh Kumari, who immigrated to Derby with him when he was two. He attended Rykneld Boys' Secondary Modern School (later merged with Bemrose Grammar School and now Bemrose Community School), Derby. He left at 15 with 2 O-levels. He returned to education and attended Derby & District College of Art & Technology then studied chemical engineering at Aston University, Birmingham where he was awarded a BSc in 1978, and an MSc in Process Analysis and Control Theory in 1980, and a PhD in Fluid Mechanics in 1982. The thesis title was Velocity distributions in a plate heat exchanger. He was a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Energy Institute.

He was a Research Fellow at Imperial College London (1982–5) and worked as a research scientist at British Steel, Middlesbrough from 1985 to 1997.

Political career

He began his political career as a local councillor for Middlesbrough Borough Council (1987–97). He became the MP for Langbaurgh at the 1991 Langbaurgh by-election, but lost the seat to the Conservative candidate in the 1992 election. He won Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland at the 1997 election, and held it until his death in 2010.[1][4][5]

He was a Member of Parliamentary Scientific Committee; Vice-Chair of Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies; Chair of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST); and Chair of Northern Group of Labour MPs.

Personal life

Ashok Kumar was a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association[1] and supported the Labour Friends of Israel.[6][7] He described himself as a lifelong "liberal humanist".[8][9] He listed his recreations as "Cricket, badminton, reading history and philosophy, listening to jazz".[6] Aston University gave him an honorary degree in July 1997.

Kumar never married. He lived in Marton, Middlesbrough.[10]

Death

Kumar was found dead by police in his constituency home in Canberra Road,[11] Marton on 15 March 2010. Police announced that he had died from natural causes.[12][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tributes paid to Labour MP Ashok Kumar", BBC News, 15 March 2010
  2. ^ http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/6626/labour_mp_ashok_kumar_has_died_.html
  3. ^ Telegraph obituary
  4. ^ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/5062190.MP_Ashok_Kumar_found_dead/
  5. ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hCnFsm2FeriFRHQkKVfAsBmNWNmQ
  6. ^ a b Daily Mail, Body of Labour MP, 53, discovered after 'sudden accidental death', 2010-03-15, retrieved 2010-03-15.
  7. ^ LFI Members | Labour Friends of Israel
  8. ^ Hansard, HC Deb 10 Jan 2002 c349
  9. ^ politics.co.uk, Ashok Kumar found dead at home, 2010-03-15, retrieved 2010-03-15
  10. ^ Guardian obituary
  11. ^ MP Ashok Kumar found dead: Investigation launched
  12. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8570647.stm
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Langbaurgh
1991–1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
1997–2010 		Succeeded by
To be elected

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