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Bob Blizzard (Robert John Blizzard) was born on 31 May, 1950 in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, England, is a British politician (1950–2022). Discover Bob Blizzard's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Robert John Blizzard
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Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 31 May, 1950
Birthday 31 May
Birthplace Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, England
Date of death 5 May, 2022
Died Place Norfolk, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1950

Robert John Blizzard (31 May 1950 – 5 May 2022) was a British Labour politician who served as member of Parliament (MP) for the Suffolk constituency of Waveney from 1997 until 2010.

Bob Blizzard was born on 31 May 1950 in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, and was educated at Culford School in Bury St Edmunds and the University of Birmingham.

After his education, he became a teacher.

1973

In 1973, he became an English teacher at Southfields Secondary School in Gravesend, Kent.

1976

He was appointed the Head of the English Department at the Crayford School on Iron Mill Lane in the London Borough of Bexley in 1976.

1986

In 1986, he became the Head of English at the Lynn Grove High School in the Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

1987

Blizzard was elected as a councillor to Waveney District Council in 1987 and became its leader in 1991.

He stepped down from the council on his election to Westminster.

1997

He was selected to fight the Conservative-held seat of Waveney at the 1997 general election, which Labour won by a landslide.

Blizzard defeated the sitting MP David Porter by over 12,000 votes, and he was elected as the first Labour MP for Waveney.

He made his maiden speech on 10 June 1997.

From 1997 to 1999, he served on the Environmental Audit Select Committee.

Blizzard chaired several all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs), including the British Offshore Oil and Gas APPG (1997–2007), the Renewable Transport Fuels APPG (2007), the British-Brazilian APPG (1997–2007), the British-Chilean APPG (2005–2007), and the British-Latin America APPG (2004–2007).

1999

In 1999, he became the parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman as minister of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

2001

After the 2001 general election, he became PPS to Nick Brown in Brown's role as minister for work at the Department for Work and Pensions.

2003

Blizzard resigned this position in March 2003 in protest at the Iraq War.

2004

He also served as secretary of the Jazz Appreciation APPG (2004–2007).

The policy areas in which he had a special interest included energy, employment, health, transport, education and foreign affairs.

2005

After the 2005 general election, Blizzard was appointed PPS to the Europe minister at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Douglas Alexander, and remained Alexander's PPS when his boss became Secretary of State for Transport in 2006.

2007

In the reshuffle following Gordon Brown's appointment as prime minister in June 2007, he was promoted to the position of assistant whip.

2008

Following Gordon Brown's October 2008 reshuffle, Blizzard was promoted from an assistant whip to a government whip, otherwise known as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

2010

With Labour's defeat in the 2010 election, Blizzard lost his seat.

Subsequently, he produced a report which provided "an unflinching look at the bad results Labour suffered in the East, and ideas for how Labour can change its policies and the way it does business, to reclaim the ground it has lost".

The selection set up a re-run of the 2010 election contest against Peter Aldous.

Aldous held the seat with an increased majority, which ended Blizzard's political career.

Blizzard died in Norfolk on 10 May 2022.

His funeral was held in Lowestoft on 28 May.

2011

On 21 October 2011, Blizzard was overwhelmingly selected as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate by the Waveney Constituency Labour Party, winning the ballot on members' first preference votes.