Gordon Marsden

Gordon Marsden
Gordon Marsden
	Official portrait, 2017
Member of Parliament; for Blackpool South
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Nick Hawkins
Succeeded by	Scott Benton
2015–2019
Shadow portfolios
2015–2019	Higher Education, Further Education and Skills
2013–2015	Transport
2010–2013	Further Education, Skills and Regional Growth
Personal details
Born	28 November 1953 (age 70); Manchester, Lancashire, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	New College, Oxford (BA, MA); Warburg Institute; Harvard University

Gordon Marsden (born 28 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Blackpool South from 1997 to 2019.