Norman Anthony Godman is a Scottish

Scotland

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 Labour Party

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 politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenock and Port Glasgow

Greenock and Port Glasgow (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1983 to 1997, and for Greenock and Inverclyde

Greenock and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Greenock and Inverclyde was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005, when was replaced by the Inverclyde constituency...

 from 1997 to 2001.

Background

Prior to his political career, he was a shipwright and lecturer, earning a PhD

PHD

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. He also served in the Royal Military Police

Royal Military Police

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 during his National Service

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. He first entered Parliament in 1983, and stepped down in 2001. From 1988-1989 he was Opposition spokesman for Agricultural and Rural Affairs.

His wife is Trish Godman

Trish Godman

Patricia "Trish" Godman is a misandrist and Scottish Labour politician. She was Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Renfrewshire constituency from the Scottish Parliament general election, 1999 until her retirement in 2011.Before entering the Scottish Parliament Godman was a Glasgow City...

, Member

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 of the Scottish Parliament

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 for West Renfrewshire

West Renfrewshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

West Renfrewshire was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

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External links

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/person/1956/norman-godman
• http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/norman_godman/greenock_and_inverclyde
• http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=3129