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'''John Mann''' (born 10 January 1960) is a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[politician]] in England who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Bassetlaw]] since the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 general election]],<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> after the previous MP [[Joe Ashton]] had retired.

Mann serves on the [[Treasury Committee|Treasury Select Committee]]. He had previously been the [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] (PPS) to [[Tessa Jowell]] and [[Richard Caborn]]. He is also a prominent campaigner against [[antisemitism]].

==Early life and career==
Mann is the son of James and Brenda (née Cleavin) Mann.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=lRF%2BfPSFPZazpD4k2DcMiQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=9 October 2016|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> He attended Waterloo Infants school and Pudsey Waterloo Junior school in [[Pudsey]], Yorkshire, then won a County Council scholarship to [[Bradford Grammar School]].<ref name=jc-20090212>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/the-simon-round-interview/interview-john-mann-mp|title=Interview: John Mann MP|author=Simon Round|newspaper=Jewish Chronicle|date=12 February 2009|accessdate=5 May 2016}}</ref> He holds a degree in Economics from the [[University of Manchester]] and a Diploma in Training Management. Active in the Labour Party from his youth (Pudsey South Labour Party), he was formerly a councillor in the [[London Borough of Lambeth]].

He was chair of the [[Labour Students|National Organisation of Labour Students]] in 1983 and 1984, and as a consequence a member of Labour's [[National Executive Committee]]. He subsequently co-authored a [[Fabian Society]] tract on the organisation of Labour's youth wing,<ref name=mann-1986>{{cite book|url=http://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780716305156/Labour-Youth-Vote-Missing-Generation-0716305151/plp|title=Labour and the Youth Vote: The Missing Generation|author=John Mann, Phil Woolas|publisher=Fabian Society|year=1986|isbn=9780716305156|accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref> which formed the basis of the later reorganisation of the youth wing by [[Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer|Tom Sawyer]] to reduce the influence of [[Militant (Trotskyist group)|Militant tendency]].<ref name=heffernan-1992>{{cite book|pages=173–74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Neu7u4OvoDgC|title=Defeat from the Jaws of Victory|author=Richard Heffernan, Mike Marqusee|publisher=Verso|year=1992|isbn=9780860915614|accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref>

Before entering Parliament he previously worked for the [[Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union]] as Head of Research and Education and as the National Training Officer at the [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]] National Education Centre in North London (now defunct). Mann was national trade union officer for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]].<ref name=bbc-20021021>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2052158.stm|title=John Mann|work=BBC News|date=21 October 2002|accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref> He also ran a company organising international conferences.<ref name=jc-20090212/>

==Parliamentary career==
Mann was first elected as MP for [[Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Bassetlaw]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 general election]], and has retained his seat at each elections since then.

Mann served on the [[Treasury Select Committee]] twice, 2003–2005, and 2009–2015, during which time he raised issues around debt, financial misselling (with particular reference to Credit Cards) and claims handlers.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} Some commentators have noted Mann's reputation for asking brusque questions, particularly of senior bank executives<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346321/Bank-bonuses-Eyes-burned-Barclays-boss-Bob-Diamond-wild-contempt.html | location=London | work=Daily Mail | first=Quentin | last=Letts | title=Eyes Burned into Bonus Bob with wild contempt | date=12 January 2011}}</ref> and [[George Osborne]].<ref name="MirrorUK-4498811">{{cite news |url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bungling-george-osborne-reveals-he-has-no-119340 |title=Bungling George Osborne reveals he has no idea how much cash Treasury makes from fuel tax rise |work=Daily Mirror |date=30 March 2011 |location=London |accessdate=11 April 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411101518/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bungling-george-osborne-reveals-he-has-no-119340 |archivedate=11 April 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref>

John Mann was the first Labour MP to call for [[Gordon Brown]] to resign after the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8670038.stm|title='Labour loyalist John Mann urges Brown to step down'|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=8 May 2010 | date=8 May 2010}}</ref> Some months earlier, when Brown was Prime Minister, Mann had written an open letter demanding a number of changes to the Labour party structures.

Mann was also vocal in criticising other MPs over the [[MPs expenses scandal|expenses scandal]], arguing that MPs could not be trusted to self-regulate.<ref name="guardexp">{{cite news |title=Maria Miller's expenses threats 'pretty shocking', says ex-head of watchdog |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/05/maria-miller-expenses-culture-secretary-mps |accessdate=5 April 2015 |newspaper=The Guardian |location= London |date=5 April 2014}}</ref> He criticised the shredding of documents related to expenses before 2010, saying "it looks like MPs trying to protect MPs again".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holehouse |first1=Matthew |title=MPs to escape expenses investigations after paperwork destroyed by Parliament |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/11204405/MPs-to-escape-expenses-investigations-after-paperwork-destroyed-by-Parliament.html |accessdate=5 April 2015 |newspaper= The Daily Telegraph |location= London |date=2 November 2014}}</ref> He was also responsible for lodging the complaint that resulted in an inquiry into [[Maria Miller]]'s expense claims.<ref name="guardexp" />

In 2014, Mann was responsible for compiling a dossier of historic allegations of child abuse, detailing allegations of 12 former ministers that may have been involved. He said he believes some of them were "definitely child abusers".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eleftheriou-Smith |first1=Loulla May |title=Child abuse inquiry: Three MPs and three peers named in paedophile dossier handed to Scotland Yard |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/child-abuse-inquiry-mps-and-peers-named-in-paedophile-dossier-handed-to-scotland-yard-9938374.html |accessdate=4 April 2015 |newspaper=The Independent |location= London |date=21 December 2014}}</ref>

Mann has been from the outset an opponent of [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s leadership.<ref name=mail-20150912>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3232215/More-positions-Kama-Sutra-not-job-Comment-JOHN-MANN-Labour-MP-Bassetlaw.html |title=More positions than the Kama Sutra - and not up to the job |author=John Mann |newspaper=Daily Mail |location= London |date=12 September 2015 |accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref> During the [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015|leadership campaign]] he wrote an open letter to Corbyn saying that it would be "inappropriate" for Corbyn to become leader due to allegations that Corbyn had failed to act over allegations of child abuse in his constituency.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swinford |first1=Steven |title=Jeremy Corbyn accused of inaction over paedophile scandal |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11758612/Jeremy-Corbyn-accused-of-inaction-over-paedophile-scandal.html |accessdate=2 May 2016 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location= London |date=23 July 2015}}</ref> Just over two months after Corbyn had won the leadership campaign, Mann continued to refuse to back Corbyn in an interview with the BBC, indicating he had no confidence in him. Instead he said that he had confidence in the then shadow foreign secretary [[Hilary Benn]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-34863101/labour-mp-john-mann-refuses-to-back-jeremy-corbyn "Labour MP John Mann refuses to back Jeremy Corbyn"]. BBC News. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2017.</ref>

===European Union===
Mann announced he would vote to leave the EU in the [[United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|June 2016 referendum]], saying he believed Labour voters "fundamentally disagree" with Labour's official stance.<ref name=bbc-20160610>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36496203 |title=EU referendum: Labour MP John Mann to vote for Brexit |work=BBC News |date=10 June 2016 |accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/6iW5Vowr2?url=http://www.mann4bassetlaw.com/why_i_m_voting_out_on_june_23rd Why I'm Voting Out on June 23rd] - John Mann MP official site, 10 June 2016</ref> However, research conducted by [[YouGov]] found that 65% of Labour voters had backed remain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yougov.co.uk/news/2016/06/27/how-britain-voted/|title=How Britain Voted|last=|first=|date=|website=YouGov|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> His own constituency voted to leave by a margin of 68% to 32%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://app.polimapper.co.uk/?dataSetKey=bc97e5c1c63d4eb4954038ea0461832a#_=&con_over=Bassetlaw|accessdate=31 January 2018}}</ref>

===Parliamentary work on antisemitism===
Mann has described [[antisemitism]] as "the worst of [[racism]]s",<ref name="sugarman">{{cite web | url= https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20170630/281728384533472 | title= Jacobson accuses Corbyn of a show of contempt | work=The Jewish Chronicle | first=Daniel | last=Sugarman | date=30 June 2017 | accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref> and he chairs the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism]].<ref>{{cite web | title = PCAA Foundation | url = http://www.antisemitism.org.uk/ | accessdate = 16 November 2012}}</ref> The Group commissioned the "All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism" in 2005. The cross-party inquiry panel gathered written and oral evidence on antisemitism in Britain and published a report of their findings on 7 September 2006. The panel's recommendations included improved reporting and recording of antisemitic attacks; a crackdown on anti-Jewish activity on university campuses; and improved international co-operation to prevent the spread of racist material online. In May 2009, Mann received the [[American Jewish Committee]]'s [[Jan Karski]] Award in recognition of his commitment to fighting antisemitism in all of its forms.<ref name=AJC-speech-2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.ajc.org/site/c.ijITI2PHKoG/b.5161233/k.4861/br2009_Annual_Meeting_John_Mann_MP.htm |title=British MP, John Mann, accepts Jan Karski Award |author=John Mann|date=7 May 2009 |publisher=American Jewish Committee|accessdate=5 February 2010}} ([http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=5154541&ct=6992437 speech transcript])</ref>

As chair of the [[Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism]], Mann has overseen three landmark conferences – in the UK, Canada and Germany.

Mann wrote in ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' in early May 2016: "If Labour cannot combat racism then we are nothing – and racism always includes antisemitism. If we cannot do that now, then we have no reason to exist".<ref>{{cite news|last=Mann|first=John|url=http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/157692/if-labour-cannot-combat-racism-then-we-are-nothing|title=If Labour cannot combat racism then we are nothing|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=4 May 2016|accessdate=4 May 2016}}</ref> In June 2017, he criticised Jeremy Corbyn as "a man who claims he's dedicated his entire life to racism" but was "not prepared to make a speech exclusively, explicitly, just on antisemitism".<ref name="sugarman"/>

====Clashes with Ken Livingstone====
On 28 April 2016, Mann publicly confronted [[Ken Livingstone]] over comments in which Livingstone had claimed that [[Adolf Hitler]] "was supporting [[Zionism]] before he went mad and ended up killing six million [[Jews]]". This interpretation was based on the polemic ''[[Zionism in the Age of the Dictators]]'' by the American writer [[Lenni Brenner]]. The historical accuracy of some of Livingstone's comments was questioned by historians of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]].<ref>http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/antisemitism/written/35044.pdf</ref> Mann publicly accused Livingstone of being a "[[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Historical negationism|
apologist]]" and a "fucking disgrace".<ref>{{cite news|last=Withnall|first=Adam|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/watch-the-moment-fellow-labour-mp-john-mann-calls-ken-livingstone-a-nazi-apologist-a7005011.html|title=Ken Livingstone accused of being 'Nazi apologist' by Labour MP John Mann|work=The Independent|date=28 April 2016|accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref>
Following this incident, Mann was allegedly reprimanded by Labour's chief whip [[Rosie Winterton]], with party spokesperson saying that she had told Mann that it is "completely inappropriate for Labour members of Parliament to be involved in very public rows on the television".<ref>{{cite news |last=Reed |first=James |url= http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/livingstone-suspended-as-bradford-mp-s-anti-semitism-row-triggers-labour-meltdown-watch-the-confrontation-1-7881854 |title=Livingstone suspended as Bradford MP's anti-Semitism row triggers Labour meltdown |work= Yorkshire Post |location= Leeds |date=28 April 2016|accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref> Ken Livingstone was suspended from the Labour Party in relation to his earlier comments.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=George |last2=Pickard |first2=Jim |url= http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2ddbe20-0d5b-11e6-b41f-0beb7e589515.html#axzz479DirzY8 |title=Corbyn allies fear his enemies will exploit anti-Semitism row |work=Financial Times |location=London |date=28 April 2016 |accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref> On an unrelated issue, six months earlier, Mann had repeatedly called Livingstone a "bigot" in a radio phone-in, following Livingstone's attack on MP [[Kevan Jones]]' mental health and that he was "obviously very depressed and disturbed".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Batty |first1=David |title=Labour MP John Mann attacks Ken Livingstone over 'psychiatric help' row |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/21/labour-john-mann-ken-livingstone-psychiatric-help-row |accessdate=29 April 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |location= London |date=21 November 2015}}</ref>

===Drug policy===
One of Mann's earliest campaigns in his constituency was his inquiry into heroin use in the area. In September 2002, Mann called for more treatment for heroin users in North Nottinghamshire.<ref>[[#refBBC20030923|BBC 23 September 2003 (News)]].</ref> The inquiry he instigated called for heroin addicts to be given the choice between treatment or prison. At the same time more local GPs were trained to help heroin addicts get their lives back under control.<ref>Mann, J (2002) Heroin in Bassetlaw http://www.johnmannmp.com/publications</ref> Following the reforms the number of addicts in treatment in Bassetlaw rose from 2 to 400, and acquisitive crime fell by 75%.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/23/drugsandalcohol.immigrationpolicy | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Mark | last=Townsend | title=Anti-heroin project transforms towns | date=23 July 2006}}</ref>

Following a local newspaper story in October 2005,<ref name="auto">[http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/legal-but-this-is-no-party-drug-says-net-1-625685 "Legal, but this is no party drug says net"]. ''Worksop Guardian''. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2017.</ref> Mann raised an [[Early Day Motion]] calling for [[Salvia divinorum]] to be banned in the UK (EDM796).<ref name="auto"/> The motion only received 11 signatures.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2005-06/796 Early day motion 796]. Parliament UK. Retrieved 12 July 2017.</ref> It was later reported that John Mann had written to the [[Home Secretary]] in October 2008, urging her to take action with regard to salvia's legal status. The same report said that the [[Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs]] had met to discuss salvia, among other substances, in April 2009, and that there would be a follow-up meeting in May.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/5090078/Salvia-more-powerful-than-LSD-and-legal.html "Salvia: more powerful than LSD, and legal"]. ''The Telegraph''. London. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2017.</ref>

''[[The Observer]]'' newspaper gave the content of Mann's letter to [[Jacqui Smith]]. "Sadly the issue has come to light again as our young people are using the internet and sites like YouTube to broadcast their friends taking the drug and witnessing the hallucinogenic effects. Our young people are at risk and a wider cultural attachment to this drug seems to be developing that I am sure you agree - regardless of its legal status - needs nipping in the bud".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Doward|first1=Jamie|last2=Shah|first2=Oliver|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/apr/26/drugs-legal-substances-highs|title=There are many drugs that help people get out of their minds yet stay within the law - they're called 'legal highs'|work=The Observer|location=London|date=26 April 2009|accessdate=1 February 2018}}</ref>

===Local campaigns===
Mann is an active campaigner in his constituency Bassetlaw and an advocate of using campaigning strategies he refers to as "organising to win" elsewhere.<ref>{{cite report |url=http://www.progressonline.org.uk/content//uploads/2012/10/PRO133_160910_organising_WEB-FINAL.pdf |title=Organising to win |author=Sue Hamilton, John Mann |work=Progress |date=September 2010 |accessdate=5 May 2016}}</ref> He has organised numerous campaigns in his constituency, examples of which include campaigning to save [[Bassetlaw District General Hospital|Bassetlaw Hospital]] Accident and Emergency Department,<ref name=worksopguardian-20030131>{{cite news |url=http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/i-ll-fight-it-tooth-and-nail-1-626347 |title='I'll fight it tooth and nail' |newspaper=Worksop Guardian |date=31 January 2003 |accessdate=5 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=worksopguardian-20030314>{{cite news |url= http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/more-unrest-at-bassetlaw-a-amp-e-following-controversy-1-626373 |title='More unrest' at Bassetlaw A&amp;E following controversy |newspaper=Worksop Guardian |date=14 March 2003 |accessdate=5 May 2016}}</ref> helping former coal miners fight double charging solicitors to get their compensation back,<ref name="C4WDefault-6385173">{{cite news |url= http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/don-t-swindle-our-miners-says-mp-1-637337 |title=Don't swindle our miners says MP |work=Worksop Guardian |date=16 January 2004 |accessdate=11 April 2014 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140411101152/http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/don-t-swindle-our-miners-says-mp-1-637337 |archivedate=11 April 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> and fighting Bassetlaw District Council's policy of "topple testing" headstones in local cemeteries.<ref name="C4WDefault-5396560">{{cite news |url= http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/mp-john-mann-wins-grave-topple-test-campaign-1-632999 |title=MP John Mann wins grave topple test campaign |work=Worksop Guardian |date=20 January 2009 |accessdate=11 April 2014 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140411101322/http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/mp-john-mann-wins-grave-topple-test-campaign-1-632999 |archivedate=11 April 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> Mann keeps a weekly column in the ''Worksop Guardian'' and – along with other local figures – writes occasional pieces for the ''Retford Times''.

==Personal life==
He married Joanna White in July 1986 in Leeds. His wife is a Labour councillor and deputy leader of [[Bassetlaw District Council]],<ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/6iW615N1V?url=https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/everything-else/about-us/local-councillors/your-local-councillor/worksop-east/jo-white.aspx Jo White – About Me] – Bassetlaw District Council, retrieved 25 June 2016</ref> and is also employed by John Mann as a part-time office manager, remunerated through his parliamentary expenses.<ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/6iW6S0CeS?url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/911/part2.htm The Register of Members' Financial Interests: As at 2nd February 2015] – House of Commons, retrieved 25 June 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/bassetlaw-john-mann-defends-staff-expenses-1-6061092 Bassetlaw: John Mann defends staff expenses] ''Worksop Guardian'', 18 September 2003</ref> The couple have two adult daughters and a son.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mann|first=Heather|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/my-family-and-i-have-endured-so-much-abuse-s7klfz9p3|title=My family and I have endured so much abuse|work=The Sunday Times|date=22 April 2018|accessdate=22 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> He supports [[Leeds United]].<ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/6iW6mvC1q?url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmtreasy/71/3120207.htm Select Committee on Treasury – Minutes of Evidence, 2 December 2003] – Parliament.uk, retrieved 25 June 2016</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.johnmannmp.com John Mann MP] official site
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* {{C-SPAN|johnmann}}

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'''John Mann''' (born 10 January 1960) has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Bassetlaw]] since the 2001 general election, after the previous MP Joe Ashton retired.
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Mann serves on the Treasury Select Committee. He had previously been the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Tessa Jowell and Richard Caborn.
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Latest revision as of 15:38, 15 July 2018


John Mann
MP
Member of Parliament
for Bassetlaw
Assumed office
8 June 2001
Preceded by Joe Ashton
Majority 4,852 (9.3%)
Personal details
Born (1960-01-10) 10 January 1960 (age 64)
Website johnmannmp.com


John Mann (born 10 January 1960) has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bassetlaw since the 2001 general election, after the previous MP Joe Ashton retired.

Mann serves on the Treasury Select Committee. He had previously been the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Tessa Jowell and Richard Caborn.

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