Nick Raynsford

The Right Honourable Nick Raynsford
Raynsford in 2013
Minister of State for Local and Regional Government[a]
In office 11 June 2001 – 10 May 2005
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Hilary Armstrong
Succeeded by	Phil Woolas
Minister for London
In office 7 June 2001 – 12 March 2003
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Keith Hill
Succeeded by	Tony McNulty
In office 6 May 1997 – 29 July 1999
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	John Gummer
Succeeded by	Keith Hill
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
In office 29 July 1999 – 7 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Hilary Armstrong
Succeeded by	The Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Minister of State for the Regions
In office 29 July 1999 – 7 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Richard Caborn
Succeeded by	Alun Michael
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Construction
In office 6 May 1997 – 29 July 1999
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Chris Leslie[b]
Parliamentary offices Member of Parliament for Greenwich and Woolwich Greenwich (1992–1997) In office 9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015 Preceded by Rosie Barnes Succeeded by Matthew Pennycook Member of Parliament for Fulham In office 10 April 1986 – 18 May 1987 Preceded by Martin Stevens Succeeded by Matthew Carrington
Personal details
Born	Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford (1945-01-28) 28 January 1945 (age 79) Northampton, England
Political party	Labour
Spouses	Anne Jelley ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 2011)​ Alison Seabeck ​ (m. 2012)​
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford (born 28 January 1945), known as Nick Raynsford, is a British politician who served as a government minister from 1997 to 2005. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich and Woolwich, formerly Greenwich, from 1992 to 2015, having previously been MP for Fulham from 1986 to 1987.

Raised in Northamptonshire, Raynsford was educated at Repton School. He studied History at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was involved in opposing the Vietnam War. After serving as a councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham and director of the Shelter Housing Aid Centre, he was elected at a 1986 by-election and served as an MP for a year until losing his seat at the subsequent general election.

Raynsford returned to Parliament at the 1992 general election and joined the government under the premiership of Tony Blair; his roles included Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Minister for London and Minister of State for Local and Regional Government. He stood down from the House of Commons prior to the 2015 general election, after which he went into the public sector advising on planning and construction.

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