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{{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]] {{collapsed infobox section begin|last=yes|Parliamentary offices |titlestyle=border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes | 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]] {{collapsed infobox section end}} }} | 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]] | signature = | website = | footnotes = | 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]]. ==Early life== Richard Caborn was born in [[Sheffield]] and was educated at the Hurlfield Secondary Modern Boys School until 1958 (now [[Sheffield Springs Academy]]) on East Bank Road, [[Richmond, South Yorkshire|Intake]] in Sheffield; Granville College of Further Education (now [https://web.archive.org/web/20070302111559/http://my.sheffcol.ac.uk/index.cfm?pid=936EA5C3-5DE4-4F35-BFB7-83BCB2764004 Castle College], part of [[Sheffield College]]); and Sheffield Polytechnic (now [[Sheffield Hallam University]]), where he qualified as an engineer. He began an [[engineering apprentice]]ship in 1959 and became a convenor of shop stewards at [[Firth Brown Steels|Firth Brown]] in 1967 where he worked as a fitter. He was elected as the Vice-President of [[Sheffield Trades Council]] between 1968 and 1979. He became a governor of the [[BBC]] for three years in 1975.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} He is a member of the [[Co-operative Party]] and of [[Amicus (trade union)|Amicus]] (formerly [[Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union|AEEU]]). ==Parliamentary career== In [[1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1979]], he was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] for [[Sheffield (European Parliament constituency)|Sheffield]], where he remained until [[1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1984]]. He contested the new [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|parliamentary]] seat of Sheffield Central at the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]], following the decision to retire of the Labour MP for [[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] and former [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] member [[Frederick Mulley|Fred Mulley]], and was elected somewhat easily with a majority of 16,790, and remained the MP there until 2010. Caborn joined the [[frontbench]] under [[Neil Kinnock]] in 1988 when he became an opposition spokesman on [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Trade and Industry]], becoming a spokesman of Regional Affairs in 1990. After the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 general election]] he became the chairman of the Trade and Industry [[Select committee (United Kingdom)|Select committee]] where he served until 1995 when he became an opposition spokesman on the [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor's Department]]. Following Labour's return to power at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], he entered the government of [[Tony Blair]] as the Minister of State at the [[Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions|Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions]], in which role he was closely involved in establishing the English [[Regional Development Agency|Regional Development Agencies]]. He was also a strong supporter of English regional government, but after negative responses from [[Northern England referendums, 2004|referendums in the north of England in 2004]] this was dropped by government. He then moved with the same position at the Department of Trade and Industry in 1999. He became a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Member of the Privy Council]] in 1999, and from the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]] until 2007 he served as the Minister of Sport. In relation to the [[Wembley Stadium]] rebuilding project, he announced in October 2005: "They say the [[FA Cup|Cup Final]] will be there, barring six feet of snow or something like that". Caborn was seen as a close ally of [[John Prescott]], running his campaigns for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party in 1992 (whilst supporting [[Bryan Gould]] for leader). He also ran Prescott's campaign for both deputy and [[Labour Party (UK)#Leaders of the Labour Party since 1906|leader]] in 1994. He is a former [[Tony Benn|Bennite]], and was very active on South Africa issues, being pro-[[Nelson Mandela|Mandela]] and [[Anti-Apartheid Movement|anti-apartheid]]; he ran concerts in support of the [[African National Congress]]. He was an active supporter of [[Arthur Scargill]] during the [[UK miners' strike (1984β85)|1984β1985 miners' strike]]. In March 2003, Caborn supported [[Tony Blair]] in voting for the controversial [[Iraq War]]. On 30 December 2005, Caborn publicly announced his support for capped wages in British football. On 28 June 2007, it was announced he would step down as Minister for Sport to become the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]]'s ambassador for Britain's unsuccessful [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] bid.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/06/28/ubond328.xml Caborn ambassador for 2018 World Cup bid]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 28 June 2007</ref> In this role, he lobbied [[FIFA]], oversaw the appointment of the bid's senior team and liaised between ministers and [[the Football Association]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/2293763/Richard-Caborn-in-World-Cup-bid-questioned.html|title=Richard Caborn in World Cup bid questioned|last=Bond|first=David|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2008-03-07|access-date=2019-08-13|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Caborn announced on 13 September 2007 that he would stand down at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|next general election]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/6993935.stm "Caborn to stand down as city MP"], BBC News, 13 September 2007</ref> Caborn is a director of [[Nuclear Management Partners]], which manages the [[Sellafield]] nuclear complex, a consultant to [[AMEC]], a construction firm in the nuclear industry, and also a consultant to the [[Fitness Industry Association]]. In March 2010, Caborn faced accusations in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' that he accepted money in exchange for influencing policy, implicating him in the [[2010 cash for influence scandal|"Lobbygate"]] affair.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7076041.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510204515/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7076041.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 May 2011|title=Two more ministerial 'cabs for hire'|work=The Sunday Times|date=28 March 2010|access-date=19 June 2010}}</ref> On 9 December 2010 he, [[Stephen Byers]], and [[Geoff Hoon]] were banned from Parliament. The [[Standards and Privileges Committee]] banned him for six months whilst Byers received two years and Hoon five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Geoff-Hoon-Stephen-Byers-And-Geoff-Hoon-Could-All-Be-Banned-From-Houses-Of-Parliament/Article/201012215850598?lpos=Politics_Second_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15850598_Geoff_Hoon,_Stephen_Byers_And_Geoff_Hoon_Could_All_Be_Banned_From_Houses_Of_Parliament|title=Three Former MPs Face Parliamentary Ban| access-date= 9 December 2010 }}</ref> ==Caborn principles== The [[Caborn principles]], a list of criteria used by a [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State]] in deciding whether to use their power to [[Development management in the United Kingdom#Call-in by Secretary of State|call in]] a [[planning application]], are named after Caborn, who as [[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government|Planning Minister]] first established them in June 1999.<ref>[https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00930/SN00930.pdf Calling-in planning applications (England)], House of Commons Briefing Paper Number 00930, 31 January 2019, accessed 8 July 2021</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050301203119/http://www.culture.gov.uk/about_dcms/ministers/richard_caborn.htm Department for Culture, Media and Sport β Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP] official profile * [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-789,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics β Ask Aristotle: Richard Caborn MP] * [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/richard_caborn/sheffield_central TheyWorkForYou.com β Richard Caborn MP] * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-richard-caborn | Richard Caborn }} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/511.stm BBC Politics profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221091502/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/511.stm |date=21 February 2009 }} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/1383786.stm Becoming Sports Minister in June 2001] * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/1393307.stm Radio Five Live quiz in June 2001] * [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/interviews/story/0,,1446850,00.html 2005 interview with the Guardian] === Audio clips === * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/audio/38176000/rm/_38176459_caborn_olympic_bid.ram Talking in 2002 about a possible Olympic bid] * [http://www.sportindustrygroup.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=26 Interviewed by the Sport Industry Group in October 2006]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{s-start}} {{s-par|eu}} {{s-new | constituency }} {{s-ttl | title=[[Sheffield (European Parliament constituency)|Member of the European Parliament for Sheffield]] | years=1979β1984 }} {{s-aft |after=[[Bob Cryer]] }} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-new | constituency }} {{s-ttl | title = [[Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central]] | years = [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]β[[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] }} {{s-aft | after = [[Paul Blomfield]]}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before = [[John Gummer]] |title=[[Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions|Minister for the Environment]] | years=1997β1999 | after = [[Nick Raynsford]]}} {{succession box | before = [[Stephen Byers]] | title = [[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills|Minister for Trade]] | years=1999β2001 | after = [[Patricia Hewitt]]}} {{succession box | before=[[Kate Hoey]] | title=[[Minister for Sport and Tourism|Minister for Sport]] | years=2001β2007 | after=[[Gerry Sutcliffe]]}} |- style="text-align: center;" {{s-end}} {{Ministers for Sport}} {{England 2018}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Caborn, Richard}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University]] [[Category:Amalgamated Engineering Union-sponsored MPs]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MEPs]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]] [[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Politicians from Sheffield]] [[Category:UK MPs 1983β1987]] [[Category:UK MPs 1987β1992]] [[Category:UK MPs 1992β1997]] [[Category:UK MPs 1997β2001]] [[Category:UK MPs 2001β2005]] [[Category:UK MPs 2005β2010]] [[Category:MEPs for England 1979β1984]] [[Category:Trade unionists from Sheffield]]
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