Editing Richard Caborn (section)

{{short description|British Labour Party politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = Richard Caborn
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = Richard Caborn.jpg
| office1             = [[Minister for Sport (United Kingdom)|Minister for Sport]]
| term_start1         = 7 June 2001
| term_end1           = 28 June 2007
| primeminister1      = [[Tony Blair]]
| predecessor1        = [[Kate Hoey]]
| successor1          = [[Gerry Sutcliffe]]
| office2             = [[Minister of State for Trade]]
| term_start2         = 28 July 1999
| term_end2           = 7 June 2001
| primeminister2      = Tony Blair
| predecessor2        = [[Brian Wilson (Labour politician)|Brian Wilson]]
| successor2          = [[Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean|The Baroness Symons]]
| office3             = [[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government|Minister of State for Regions, Regeneration and Planning]]
| term_start3         = 2 May 1997
| term_end3           = 28 July 1999
| primeminister3      = Tony Blair
| predecessor3        = ''Office established''
| successor3          = [[Nick Raynsford]]
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| office4 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Central]]
| term_start4 = 10 June 1983
| term_end4 = 12 April 2010
| predecessor4 = ''Constituency established''
| successor4 = [[Paul Blomfield]]
| office5 = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br />for [[Sheffield (European Parliament constituency)|Sheffield]]
| term_start5 = 7 June 1979
| term_end5 = 14 June 1984
| predecessor5 = ''Constituency established''
| successor5 = [[Bob Cryer]]
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}}
| birth_name          = Richard George Caborn
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1943|10|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Sheffield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| nationality         = British
| spouse              = Margaret Hayes
| party               = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| relations           = 
| children            = 
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = [[Sheffield Polytechnic]]
| occupation          = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]
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| website             = 
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| caption             = Caborn in 2005
}}
'''Richard George Caborn''' (born 6 October 1943) is a British politician who served as [[Department of Culture, Media and Sport|Minister of Sport]] from 2001 to 2007 and later as the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]]'s ambassador for [[England national football team|England's]] [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] bid. He previously served as a junior minister in the [[Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions]] and [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]]. A member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], he was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Central]] from [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] to [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]].