Simon Danczuk
Simon Danczuk | |
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Danczuk in 2013 | |
| Member of Parliament for Rochdale | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 3 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Rowen |
| Succeeded by | Tony Lloyd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Simon Christopher Danczuk 24 October 1966 Hapton, Lancashire, England |
| Party | Reform UK (2023–present) |
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| Spouse |
Claudine Uwamahoro (m. 2023) |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University |
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Simon Christopher Danczuk (/ˈdæntʃək/ DAN-chək; born 24 October 1966) is a British author and former Member of Parliament (MP) who represented the constituency of Rochdale between 2010 and 2017. Elected as a member of the Labour Party, he was suspended from the party in 2015 after it emerged he had exchanged explicit messages with a 17-year-old girl. He has co-written two books, Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith (2014) and Scandal at Dolphin Square (2022). Danczuk was the unsuccessful Reform UK candidate at the 2024 Rochdale by-election, which was won by Workers Party of Britain leader George Galloway.