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|image = Sandy Martin MP - official photo 2017.jpg |
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|caption = Official Parliamentary portrait, June 2017 |
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|office = Member of Parliament<br>for [[Ipswich]] |
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|majority = 831 (1.6%) |
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|birth_name = Alexander Gordon Martin |
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'''Alexander Gordon "Sandy" Martin''' (born 2 May 1957) is a British politician of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. He was elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]] as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP)<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sandy-martin/4678 Parliament UK]</ref> for [[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Ipswich]]<ref name="bbc2017result-ipswich">{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000761 |title=Election 2017: Ipswich |publisher=BBC News |date = 9 June 2017 |accessdate = 14 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.is/AyE3c |archive-date = 14 June 2017}}</ref> succeeding the Conservative [[Ben Gummer]]. |
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A former Labour group leader on [[Suffolk County Council]],<ref>{{Who's Who | surname = Martin| othernames = Alexander Gordon| id = U289484| volume = 2018 | edition = February 2018 online | accessed = 14 February 2018 }}</ref> Martin is a member of the [[LGBT Labour]] campaign.<ref name="East Anglian Daily Times">{{cite news|title=Conservatives set to fall short of an overall majority, exit poll suggests|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/conservatives-set-to-fall-short-of-an-overall-majority-exit-poll-suggests-1-5054443|work=East Anglian Daily Times|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="LGBT Labour">{{cite tweet|number=859505964793434113|user=LGBTLabour|title=Well done to #LGBTLabour member Sandy...|accessdate=10 June 2017|date=2 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="UK set to break record for highest number of LGBTQ MPs after General Election">{{cite web|last1=Reynolds|first1=Andrew|title=UK set to break record for highest number of LGBTQ MPs after General Election|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/06/05/uk-set-to-break-record-for-highest-number-of-lgbtq-mps-after-general-election/|work=Pink News|accessdate=10 June 2017}}</ref> Martin describes himself politically as a [[democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] and an [[environmentalism|environmentalist]].<ref name="Twitter page">{{cite web|title=Sandy Martin|url=https://twitter.com/sandyofipswich|website=Twitter|accessdate=9 November 2017}}</ref> His father was the late actor [[Trevor Martin]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |first=Toby |last=Hadoke |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/15593825.Obituary___Trevor_Martin__Scottish_actor_who_played_Doctor_Who_on_stage/ |title=Obituary - Trevor Martin, Scottish actor who played Doctor Who on stage |newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |location=Glasgow |date=12 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Trevor Martin RIP|url=http://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/?p=6368|website=The Gallifreyan Newsroom|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref> |
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'''Alexander Gordon "Sandy" Martin''' (born 2 May 1957) was elected at the 2017 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Ipswich]] succeeding the Conservative Ben Gummer. |
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 5 August 2018
Alexander Gordon "Sandy" Martin (born 2 May 1957) was elected at the 2017 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich succeeding the Conservative Ben Gummer.
A former Labour group leader on Suffolk County Council, Martin is a member of the LGBT Labour campaign. Martin describes himself politically as a democratic socialist and an environmentalist.