David John Porter (born 16 April 1948) was Conservative Member of Parliament for Waveney from 1987 to 1997.
17-632: David or Dave Porter may refer to: Politicians [ edit ] David Porter (British politician) (born 1948), Conservative Member of Parliament for Waveney, 1987–1997 David Porter (Canadian politician) (1849–1893), Ontario businessman and political figure David J. Porter (politician) (born 1956), Republican member of the Texas Railroad Commission David R. Porter (1788–1867), Pennsylvania politician Dave Porter (Norfolk Islander politician) (born 1954), leader of
34-694: A collection of short stories, Wild Beasts and Plague , which in turn was followed by a second anthology of short stories, Scoffers Will Come (2019) and a further novel, Detestable Things (2020). He also published his autobiography, A Rebel's Journey , for private circulation only. All his publications are under his Walk in My Shoes imprint, with the logo of a pair of surgical boots he has to wear on account of his Charcot Marie Tooth condition, which has deformed his feet. During his time in Parliament, some said that he never managed to completely step out of
51-682: Is also home to the Suffolk Centre of Excellence in Mathematics. The school was named after the Lowestoft-born composer Benjamin Britten and was designed as he approached his death in 1974. Its modernist design reflected the style of his compositions and remains distinctive in its layout and intended black and white colour scheme. The school was completed in 1979. In September 2011 the school became an 11 to 16 school as part of
68-616: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages David Porter (British politician) Before going into Parliament he was co-founder and director of Vivid Children's Theatre, Head of Drama at Benjamin Britten High School in Lowestoft and Conservative Party Agent in Eltham , Norwich North and Waveney . After the 1997 election, he gave some support to efforts supporting
85-503: The British film industry . After his defeat, he returned to teaching, this time at Kirkley High School in Lowestoft (now East Point Academy ), where he became Head of Performing Arts. After he left teaching in 2011, he continued working as a senior examiner in performing arts and English and writer of exam and teaching materials. In December 2015, he self-published a novel, Old Men's Dreams , on Amazon . In early 2018, he self-published
102-708: The Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1940s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Benjamin Britten Academy Benjamin Britten Academy (formerly The Benjamin Britten High School) is a coeducational secondary school located in the northern outskirts of Lowestoft , Suffolk , England. It caters for scholars aged 11 to 16. It
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136-546: The Benjamin Britten High School was converted to academy status . It was granted 11-18 Sixth Form status, as part of the Hartismere family of schools. The school continues to coordinate with Suffolk County Council for admissions. The academy was awarded a rating of 'good' from Ofsted in 2019, as an improvement from its previous rating of 'Special measures'. Peter Aldous, MP for Waveney, opened
153-990: The Norfolk Liberals Dave Porter (Canadian politician) , Canadian politician Military [ edit ] David Porter (naval officer) (1780–1843), United States Navy officer and ambassador David Dixon Porter (1813–1891), his son, American Civil War Navy officer David Dixon Porter (Medal of Honor) (1877–1944), officer in the Philippine–American War Sports [ edit ] David Porter (figure skater) (born 1949), Canadian ice dancing champion David Porter (sport shooter) (born 1953), Australian sport shooter Dave Porter (sportsman) , NCAA wrestler and football player Music [ edit ] David Porter (musician) (born 1941), American musician Dave Porter (composer) , American composer Others [ edit ] David Porter (Australian judge) , justice of
170-842: The Supreme Court of Tasmania David Porter (bishop) (1906–1993), bishop of Aston in the Church of England David H. Porter (1935–2016), professor and past president of Skidmore College David J. Porter (judge) (born 1966), United States circuit judge David Richard Porter (1882–1973), figure in YMCA David Stewart Porter (1909–1989), U.S. federal judge Dave Porter (Home and Away) , fictional character in TV series Home and Away See also [ edit ] David Porter Heap (1843–1910), American engineer David Porter McCorkle , Confederate Lieutenant in
187-536: The United Kingdom waters. He served on Social Security, Employment and Education Select Committees during his decade in the Commons. Although he always remained popular locally, he lost his seat in the 1997 Labour landslide to Bob Blizzard , a local councillor who in turn lost the seat back to the Conservatives in 2010, when Peter Aldous became MP. This article about a Conservative Member of
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#1732773237109204-601: The fishing industry in the longer term. Although some in the Conservative Party tried to select a different candidate after his selection in 1985, at the time the local Conservative Associations had total power of selection and retained Porter. He regularly campaigned for Britain to leave the European Common Fisheries Policy, preferring a system of local control with a yearly 'Sabbath' (ban of fishing) rotating through each sea area around
221-568: The reorganisation of schools in Lowestoft by Suffolk County Council . Pupils in years 7 and 8 joined the school after the closure of eight middle schools in Lowestoft. The opening of Lowestoft Sixth Form College also meant that the school lost its role in the Lowestoft 6th consortium, which had operated as a shared sixth form between the high schools in the town. Previously a Local Authority school administered by Suffolk County Council, in May 2016,
238-421: The school operates as a specialist music academy offering scholarships to those with a particular aptitude and love of music and the performing arts. As part of this arrangement a new dance studio, green room , community lounge with kitchens, recording studio and additional music practice rooms were added along with a refurbished theatre. The Britten Theatre forms the centre piece of the music academy's work in
255-612: The school's Centre for Excellence in Mathematics on 5 July 2016. The centre occupies its own specialist accommodation, the Foxborough building, and is intended to remedy the perceived shortage of specialist mathematics teachers in the Waveney Valley area. It is distinctive in having a mathematics library and five specialist mathematics computing suites. With the sponsorship of the Britten-Pears Foundation
272-527: The shadow of his predecessor, the Conservative Cabinet Minister from Lowestoft, Jim Prior . Porter had an in-depth knowledge of the fishing industry and sea defences and was considered by some opponents to be a near single-issue politician and a rebel, while frequently focusing on local issues, including rural affairs, housing, education, health, social security and consumer affairs and citizenship, for example. On two occasions he
289-603: Was threatened with suspension, but was never actually suspended from the Conservative whip. He rebelled against the Government on the Maastricht Treaty and several fishing motions that he regarded as damaging to Lowestoft. The European Common Fisheries Policy he argued resulted in unfair national allocations of fish stocks and the discard policy of throwing dead fish back into the sea was preposterous, damaging
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