Please answer the following question: What key details about ben chapman -lrb- politician -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: james keith chapman -lrb- born 8 july 1940 -rrb- , known as ben chapman , is a british labour party politician and former civil servant who was the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for wirral south from 1997 to 2010 .
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- successor is alison mcgovern- party is labour- spouse is maureen ann kelly byrne- predecessor is barry porter- office is member of parliament for wirral south- term end is 12 april 2010- term start is 27 february 1997- birth date is 8 july 1940- name is ben chapman- nationality is british- birth place is kirkby stephen , cumbria , england