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|name = The Lord Knight of Weymouth
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|caption = Official portrait, 2018
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|primeminister = [[Gordon Brown]]
|term_start = 5 June 2009
|term_end = 11 May 2010
|predecessor = [[Tony McNulty]]
|successor = {{ubl|[[Chris Grayling]]
|office2 = [[Regional minister|Minister for the South West]]
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|term_start2 = 5 June 2009
|term_end2 = 11 May 2010
|predecessor2 = [[Ben Bradshaw]]
|successor2 = ''Position abolished''
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|primeminister3 = {{ubl|[[Tony Blair]]
|term_start3 = 5 May 2006
|term_end3 = 5 June 2009
|predecessor3 = [[Jacqui Smith]]
|successor3 = [[Vernon Coaker]]
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|primeminister4 = [[Tony Blair]]▼
|term_start4 = 6 May 2005
|term_end4 = 5 May 2006
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|office6 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[South Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|South Dorset]]▼
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|term_start6 = 7 June 2001▼
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|term_end1 = 12 April 2010
|predecessor1 = [[Ian Bruce (politician)|Ian Bruce]]
|successor1 = [[Richard Drax]]
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|3|6}}
|birth_place = [[Bexley]], England
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'''James Philip
==Education==
Knight was educated at [[Eltham College]], an independent school in [[Mottingham]] in
==Early career==
Knight was
== Election history ==
Knight first stood for Parliament at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]] as the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate for [[South Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|South Dorset]], but narrowly lost by just 77 votes.<ref>p.308, Waller, Criddle, "The Almanac of British Politics", Psychology Press, 2002</ref> He was, however, elected on the same day to [[Mendip District Council]], on which he served until 2001; including as Labour
At the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]], he was elected as the Member of Parliament for South Dorset by 153 votes in the only Labour gain from the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] that year.<ref>p.371, Waller, Criddle, "The Almanac of British Politics", Psychology Press, 2007</ref> At the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], Knight increased his majority to 1,812 votes, but with a small decrease in his share of the vote.<ref>p.372, Waller, Criddle, "The Almanac of British Politics", Psychology Press, 2007</ref> At the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Knight lost his seat to [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Richard Drax]] by 7,443 votes after an 11.4% drop in his share of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8660695.stm | title=Labour's Jim Knight loses to Tory| date=7 May 2010}}</ref>
Knight was the campaign co-ordinator for [[Ed Balls]]'s unsuccessful Labour Party leadership campaign in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.edballs.co.uk/blog/?p=463 |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 November 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041618/http://archive.edballs.co.uk/blog/?p=463 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Parliamentary career==
Knight was [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] for Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity in the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] from 2005–06. He then moved to become [[Minister of State]] for Schools in the [[Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)|Department for Education and Skills]]. On 28 June 2007, when [[Gordon Brown]] disbanded the department, Knight moved to the newly created [[Department for Children, Schools and Families]], as the Minister for Schools and Learners.<ref
In 2009, when MPs expenses were revealed following a leak in the Daily Telegraph,<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5297606/MPs-expenses-Full-list-of-MPs-investigated-by-the-Telegraph.html | title=MPS' expenses: Full list of MPS investigated by the Telegraph| newspaper=The Telegraph| date=16 January 2018}}</ref> Knight was ranked 171 out of 645 in the MPs' expenses list, claiming £155,987 in 2007/2008, compared with £137,970 in 2006/2007, of which £94,135 was for staff, £9,746 was for a communications allowance and £4,993 was for personal living expenses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisdorset.net/news/tidnews/4370313.What_is_the_cost_of_our_MPs_/ |title=WHAT IS THE COST OF OUR MPS? |
In his first [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]], Jim Knight generally voted in line with party policy, including all major votes such as those on the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq war]] and [[top-up fees]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Jim%20Knight&display=summary |title = The Public Whip — Voting Record - Jim Knight MP, South Dorset (11027)}}</ref>
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==After politics==
Knight was created a [[Life Peer|life peer]] on 23 June 2010, taking the title
In April 2014 he stepped down from the Labour front bench in the House of Lords to take up a full-time role as managing director,
In 2011, Knight was appointed as
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/aboutus/whoswho/ministersinfo.shtml#knight Jim Knight – Department for Children, Schools and Families]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-2955,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Jim Knight MP]
* [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/jim_knight/south_dorset TheyWorkForYou.com – Jim Knight MP]
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