   david elliott drew (born 13 april 1952) is a british labour co-operative politician who was the member of parliament (mp) for stroud from 1997 to 2010. ==early life== drew was born in gloucestershire, the son of an accountant, and was educated at the kingsfield school, kingswood before attending the university of nottingham where he was awarded a bachelor of arts degree in economics in 1974 and the university of birmingham where he qualified as a teacher and received his postgraduate certificate in education in 1976. he went on to study for his master's degree at the bristol polytechnic, where he graduated with an ma in historical studies in 1988. he was awarded a master of education from the university of the west of england in 1994. he began his professional career in education as a teacher at the princethorpe college in rugby warwickshire in 1976, moving in 1978 to teach at the st michael's school in stevenage. in 1982 he moved back to his native gloucestershire when he went to teach at the maidenhill school in stonehouse, before moving to the dene magna community school in mitcheldean in the forest of dean. throughout his teaching career he was a member of the national association of schoolmasters union of women teachers, and was a branch secretary 1984-1986. in 1986 he left teaching at school to become a senior lecturer in education at the university of west england, where he remained until his election to westminster, and remains a member of the national association of teachers in further and higher education. ==political career== he was elected as a councillor for the [[steve
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