{{Short description|British politician}} {{For|the English cricketer|David Heyes (cricketer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = David Heyes | honorific_suffix = | image = David Heyes MP.jpg | caption = Heyes in 2009. | parliament = UK | constituency_MP = Ashton-under-Lyne | predecessor = Robert Sheldon | successor = Angela Rayner | term_start = 7 June 2001 | term_end = 30 March 2015 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|04|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Blackley, Lancashire, England | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Judith Egerton-Gallagher | party = Labour | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Open University | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = http://www.davidheyes.com | footnotes = }} '''David Alan Heyes''' (born 2 April 1946) is a British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne from 2001 to 2015.
==Early life== Heyes was born in Blackley, Manchester, and was educated at the Blackley Technical High School on Dommett Street. He was awarded a BA in social sciences from the Open University in 1987. He joined Manchester City Council in 1962 as a local government officer, before joining Greater Manchester County Council in 1974. He was appointed as a principal local government officer with the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Council in 1987, leaving local government employment in 1990 to set up as a graphic designer. In 1995 he was appointed deputy district manager of Manchester Citizens Advice Bureau where he remained until his election to parliament.
He has been a member of the trade union UNISON, and its predecessor the NALGO, since 1962. He was elected as a councillor in Oldham in 1992 and was secretary of the Labour group from 1993 to 2000; he stood down from the council in 2004.
==Parliamentary career== Following the retirement of Ashton's veteran Labour MP Robert Sheldon at the 2001 General Election, he represented the seat in the House of Commons until 2015.
He has served as a member of the public administration select committee since 2001 and has fought for compensation for residents living alongside the M60 motorway.<ref>{{cite news |title=M60 neighbours 'treated unfairly'|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4317612.stm |publisher=BBC News|date=6 October 2005|access-date=7 September 2012}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is married to Judith Egerton-Gallagher, and they have a son and a daughter.
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060822050230/http://www.labour.org.uk/maps/locinfo.phtml?ctid=2313&mnu=3 The Labour Party - David Heyes MP] official biography * [https://web.archive.org/web/20010421121049/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6306,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: David Heyes MP] * [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_heyes/ashton-under-lyne TheyWorkForYou.com - David Heyes MP] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612104809/http://www.blakesparliamentaryyearbook.co.uk/mp/HEYES-David-1-3912.shtml Blakes Parliamentary Yearbook] * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/20.stm BBC Politics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607080158/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/20.stm |date=7 June 2009 }} * [http://stpetes.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/audio-interview-with-david-heyes-mp-for-ashton-under-lyne/ Interview with David Heyes] in MP3 format, October 2009
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heyes, David}} Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:UK MPs 2001–2005 Category:UK MPs 2005–2010 Category:UK MPs 2010–2015 Category:Councillors in Greater Manchester Category:Alumni of the Open University Category:Politicians from Manchester Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ashton-under-Lyne