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{{Short description|British Labour Co-op politician}}
{{other people|Jim Knight|Jim Knight (footballer)|James Knight (disambiguation){{!}}James Knight}}
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|name = The Lord Knight of Weymouth
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|caption = Official portrait, 2018
|office = [[Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform]]
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'''James Philip Knight, Baron Knight of Weymouth''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|PC|FRSA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/135065/ministers_interests.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100407165838/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/135065/ministers_interests.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 April 2010 |title=List of members' Interests, Cabinet Office, March 2009. |access-date=27 July 2016 }}</ref> (born 6 March 1965) is a British politician who served as [[regional minister|Minister for the South West]] and [[Department for Work and Pensions|Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform]] from 2009 to 2010. A member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and [[Co-operative Party]], he was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[South Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|South Dorset]] from [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]] to [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]].
After losing his seat to [[Richard Drax]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], it was announced Knight would be made a [[life peer]] in the [[2010 Dissolution Honours]]. He is now chief education and external officer at [[TES (magazine)|TES]] Global Ltd, and a visiting professor at the [[London Knowledge Lab]] of the [[Institute of Education]] in London.
==Education==
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==Early career==
Knight was manager of Central Studio,
== Election history ==
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