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Line 1: {{Short description\|British Labour Co-op politician}} {{other people\|Jim Knight\|Jim Knight (footballer)\|James Knight (disambiguation){{!}}James Knight}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=December 2019}} {{Use British English\|date=December 2019}} Line 7: \|name = The Lord Knight of Weymouth \|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|PC\|FRSA\|size=100%}} \|image = ~~File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Knight_of_Weymouth_crop_2~~Official portrait of Lord Knight of Weymouth crop 2.jpg \|caption = Official portrait, 2018 \|office = [[Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform]] Line 62: '''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== Line 68: ==Early career== Knight was manager of Central Studio, inthe arts centre of [[Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke]], from 1988–90.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/1154878.Minister_makes_college_comeback_for_big_day/ \| title=Minister makes college comeback for big day}}</ref> From 1990–91, he was director of West Wiltshire Arts Centre Ltd, then director of Dentons Directories Ltd in [[Westbury, Wiltshire\|Westbury]] from 1991–2001.<ref>{{Cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2070036.stm \|title = Jim Knight\|date = 17 October 2002}}</ref> == Election history == Line 129: \|- {{s-prec\|uk}} {{s-bef\|before=[[~~Tommy~~Baron ~~McAvoy~~Kennedy of Southwark\|The Lord ~~McAvoy~~Kennedy of Southwark]]}} {{s-ttl\|title=[[Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom\|Gentlemen]]'''<br />''Baron Knight of Weymouth'' '''}} {{s-fol\|after=[[John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble\|The Lord Gardiner of Kimble]]}} Line 142: [[Category:Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge]] [[Category:Councillors in Somerset]] [[Category:Labour ~~Party (UK)~~Co-operative life peers]] [[Category:Life peers created by Elizabeth II]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]] Line 150: [[Category:UK MPs 2001–2005]] [[Category:UK MPs 2005–2010]] [[Category:New Labour]]