    ian gibson (born 26 september 1938) is a british labour party politician who was member of parliament (mp) for norwich north from 1997 to 2009. he resigned from the house of commons on 5 june 2009 after he was barred by the labour party from standing as their candidate for the seat in the 2010 general election, following his behaviour during the parliamentary expenses scandal. == early life and academic career == ian gibson was born in dumfries, scotland and was educated locally at the dumfries academy, before attending the university of edinburgh where he acquired a bachelor of science degree in genetics and a doctorate. he continued his studies in the united states of america at both indiana university and the university of washington. he worked continuously for the university of east anglia from 1965 until his election thirty-two years later. he initially worked as a scientist until 1971, was then a senior biology lecturer, then became the dean of the school of biological sciences in 1991 and an honorary professor in 2003. == parliamentary career == gibson was a member of the executive of the manufacturing, science and finance trade union for twenty four years from 1972, and joined the labour party as late as 1983 after seven years in the socialist workers party. he unsuccessfully contested norwich north at the 1992 general election where he was defeated by the sitting conservative mp patrick thompson by just 266 votes. 
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