Roger Godsiff
Roger Godsiff | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hall Green | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Steve McCabe |
| Succeeded by | Tahir Ali |
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath Birmingham Small Heath (1992–1997) | |
| In office 9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Denis Howell |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 June 1946 Lewisham, London, England |
| Political party | Independent (2019-present) Labour (1966–2019) |
| Spouse |
Julia Morris (m. 1977) |
Roger Duncan Godsiff (born 28 June 1946) is a British former politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1992 to 2019, for the seats of Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, and Birmingham Hall Green.
In October 2019, Hall Green Constituency Labour Party members overwhelmingly voted to open selections for their Parliamentary Candidate, with votes of 86 to 6 in Moseley and Kings Heath Branch and 37 to 11 in Hall Green Branch to have the option to choose a candidate other than Roger Godsiff. This followed several years of controversy about the MP's stances, including voting with the Conservative Party on key Brexit votes, and outspokenly opposing LGBT+ Inclusive Education in Birmingham schools. Godsiff subsequently declared his intention to stand as an independent candidate. He lost the seat to the Labour Party candidate, Tahir Ali, coming third behind Labour and the Conservatives.