In 1981, he was transferred to Ellington Colliery and went to college, receiving a HNC in Mining.
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Lavery has lived in Ashington, once the largest coal mining village in Europe, all of his life.
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In 2011 during Prime Minister's Question Time Lavery asked a question about health advisor Mark Britnell, whom he mistook as being appointed by the Conservative Party, whereas in fact Britnell was appointed by the Labour Party.
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