Background
TIPPING, Paddy was born on October 24, 1949. Parents: John Tipping and Joan Tipping.
TIPPING, Paddy was born on October 24, 1949. Parents: John Tipping and Joan Tipping.
Nottingham University, Bachelor of Arts (Hons), philosophy. Master of Arts, applied social science. Certificate of Qualification, social work.
Spoken languages: basic French.
He went to Hipperholme Grammar School (when a state school) in Hipperholme. At the University of Nottingham, he gained a Bachelor in Philosophy in 1972 and an Master of Arts in Social Sciences in 1978. He was a social worker in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire from 1972-1979.
From 1979-1983, he was a Project leader for the (Chamber of East) Children"s Society in Nottingham.
From 1981 to 1993 he was a Nottinghamshire County Councillor. Tipping contested Rushcliffe in 1987.
He took Sherwood from the Conservatives in 1992. Tipping served in a number of junior government positions, becoming Parliamentary Private Secretary to Home Secretary Jack Straw in 1997.
In 1999 he was then promoted to Deputy Leader of the House of Commons and appointed a junior minister at the Privy Council office, where he was responsible for overseeing millennium bug preparedness.
Tipping became Chairman of the sub-committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2001 and, after a short period on the back benches, in 2006 he again served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Jack Straw. On 23 October 2009, Tipping announced his decision to stand down at the next general election, following ill-health. Tipping is Nottingham"s first Police and Crime Commissioner, having stood in the inaugural Nottingham PCC election in 2012.
Tipping announced plans to pay a "pension" to cover medical bills et cetera for retired police dogs, a move which dog handlers welcomed.
51st United Kingdom Parliament. 52nd United Kingdom Parliament. 53rd United Kingdom Parliament.
54th United Kingdom Parliament.
Spouse Irene Tipping (née Quinn), 1969.