Q:Facts: - leader: harriet harman ed miliband - party: labour - predecessor: nick hawkins - office: shadow growth member of parliament for blackpool south minister for further education , skills and regional - term start: 11 may 2010 1 may 1997 - birth date: 28 november 1953 - name: gordon marsden - nationality: english - image: gordon marsden mp.jpg - majority: 2,585 -lrb- 8.0 % -rrb- - birth place: manchester , lancashire , england - alma mater: new college , oxford warburg institute harvard university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gordon marsden .
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gordon marsden -lrb- born 28 november 1953 -rrb- is a british labour party politician who has been the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for blackpool south since 1997 .