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 Terry
Rooney was born in Bradford in 1950 and has lived there all his life. He went to Buttershaw Comprehensive School and then to Bradford College where he was awarded a Diploma in
Higher Education.
Before being elected as the Member of Parliament for Bradford North in a by-election in November 1990, Terry was a welfare rights adviser at the Bierley Community
Centre. He was also a Bradford City Councillor from 1983-91 where he was Chair of the Labour Group from 1988-91 and Deputy Leader of the Council from 1990-91.
In Parliament, Terry is Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, a post
he has held since 2005. Other posts he has held include:
- Hon Secretary of the Yorkshire Group of Labour MPs (1991-2001)
- Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party Work and Pensions Committee (1990-2006)
- Member of the Broadcasting Committee (1991-1997)
- Member of the Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform (2003-5)
- Member of the Liaison Committee (2005- )
- Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for the Environment (1997-2001)
- Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Housing (2003-5)
Terry's main political interests are the welfare state, public sector housing, poverty and industrial relations. He is an active trade unionist and a member of Amicus and
UNISON. He is Chair of the Amicus Parliamentary Group.
Terry is married to Susanne and they have three children and nine grandchildren.
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