Jim Dobbin

Jim Dobbin
Member of Parliament
for Heywood and Middleton
In office
1 May 1997 – 6 September 2014
Preceded byJim Callaghan
Succeeded byLiz McInnes
Majority5,971 (12.9%)
Personal details
Born
James Dobbin

(1941-05-26)26 May 1941
Fife, Scotland
Died6 September 2014(2014-09-06) (aged 73)
Słupsk, Poland
Political partyLabour and Co-operative
Spouse
Patricia Russell
(m. 1964)
Children4
Alma materNapier College
ProfessionMicrobiologist

James Dobbin KSG KMCO (26 May 1941 – 6 September 2014) was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician and microbiologist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 1997 until his death in 2014.