Chris Mole
Chris Mole | |
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Official portrait, 2010 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Jim Fitzpatrick |
| Succeeded by | Mike Penning |
| Assistant Government Whip | |
| In office 6 October 2008 – 5 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Chief Whip | Nick Brown |
| Member of Parliament for Ipswich | |
| In office 22 November 2001 – 12 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Jamie Cann |
| Succeeded by | Ben Gummer |
| Leader of Suffolk County Council | |
| In office May 1993 – 22 November 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Christopher Penn |
| Succeeded by | Jane Hore |
| Suffolk County Councillor for Ipswich Town | |
| In office 4 May 1989 – 22 November 2001 | |
| Preceded by | J Cusack |
| Succeeded by | Kevan Lim |
| Suffolk County Councillor for St. Clements | |
| In office 2 May 1985 – 4 May 1989 | |
| Preceded by | M Pluke |
| Succeeded by | B Chaplin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1958 Bromley, Kent |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Shona Gibb |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Kent |
Christopher David Mole (born 16 March 1958) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Ipswich from a by-election in 2001, after the death of Jamie Cann, and was re-elected in 2005. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, until his defeat in the 2010 general election by Ben Gummer of the Conservative Party.