Electoral History of Robert Lindsay
Born Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1949
1967-Present: Labour Party Member
1973-1992: Private Citizen (Actor)
1992-2010:Member of Parliament for Erewash, Labour
1992: Def Angela Knight (Con), Philp Tuck (Lib Dem), Laurence Johnson (BNP)
1997: Def Angela Knight (Con), Martin Garnett (Lib Dem), Stephen Stagg (Ref), Matthew Simmons (Soc Lab)
2001: Def Gregor MacGregor (Con), Martin Garentt (Lib Dem), Louise Smith (UKIP), Peter Waldock (Soc Lab)
2005: Def David Simmonds (Con), Martin Garentt (Lib Dem), Robert Kilroy Silk (Veritas), Sadie Graham (BNP)
2010-Present: Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, Labour
2010: Def Paul Holmes (Lib Dem), Carolyn Abbott (Con), David Philips (UKIP)
2015: Def Mark Yvis (Con), Stuart Yeowart (UKIP), Julia Cambridge (Lib Dem)
2017: Def Suzanne Evans (UKIP), Spencer Pitfield (Con), Tom Snowdon (Lib Dem), Kate Hoey (Socialists for Leave)
2019: Def Leigh Higgins (Con), Diana James (UKIP), Emily Coy (Lib Dem), Chris Williamson (Workers Party)
Positions Held
1992-2001: Backbencher
2001-2003: Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
2003-2007: Backbencher
2007-2008: Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
2007: Deputy Leadership Candidate, (Won 20% of Vote)
2008-2010: Backbencher
2010-2013: Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
2013-2015: Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care
2015-Present: Leader of the Labour Party
2015 def: Liz Kendall, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper
2016 def: Kate Hoey, Kelvin Hopkins
2015-Present: Leader of the Opposition
2017: Jeremy Hunt [317], Robert Lindsay [262], Nicola Sturgeon [35], Tim Farron [12], Arlene Foster [10]- (Con-DUP Coalition)
2019: Jeremy Hunt [306], Robert Lindsay [284], Nicola Sturgeon [30], Ed Davey [14], Arlene Foster [8]- (Hung Parliament-2nd Election scheduled for June 2020)
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Help me, I keep on making actors into MP's and leaders of the Labour Party. It's an addiction it seems. Still Robert Lindsay ain't that bad a choice for a Leftie Leader of the Labour Party.