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Vernon Coaker MP is a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction.
Biography
Before taking up his post at the Home Office, Mr Coaker was a government whip, from June 2003.
He was previously Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Tessa Jowell, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, and was also PPS to Estelle Morris when she was Secretary of State for Education. Mr Coaker has been MP for Gedling in Nottinghamshire since 1997.
He is one of UNICEF’s 'Special Friends' in Parliament, and has visited Kosovo, Macedonia and Angola to see the work being done there.
Before becoming an MP, Vernon Coaker was Deputy Headteacher at Bigwood School in Nottingham. He is married to Jackie, and they have a daughter and a son. His interests include sport, walking in the countryside and keeping up with the media.
