Gavin Shuker
Gavin Shuker has been the UK Labour Party member of parliament for Luton South since 2010. He was appointed shadow international development minister in October 2013 in the DFID team.
In the 2015 general election, Shuker was re-elected with a majority of 5,711. [1]
Biography
From Shuker's website:
- After initially serving as PPS to the Rt. Hon Sadiq Khan, Shadow Justice Secretary, Gavin was appointed to the shadow DEFRA frontbench team in March 2011. As Shadow Minister for the Natural Environment, Gavin led through on work to overturn the Government’s decision to sell-off large parts of the forest estate. In the October 2011 reshuffle, he became Shadow Minister for Water and Waste, anticipating the publication of the Water White Paper and subsequent legislation.
Views
On 14 January 2015 Shuker described Liberty GB party leader Paul Weston as 'racist' on BBC Three Counties Radio. [2]
Staff
- Andrew Flannagan Director, Christians on the Left [3]
- Farah Hussain [3]
- Lara Norris [3]
- Oliver O'Callaghan [3]
Affiliations
- Member of the Armed Forces Bill Select Committee from November 2015[4]
- Member of the Women and Equalities Committee from November 2015 [4]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief [5]
Publications
Contacts
- Twitter: @shukeroffice and @gavinshuker
- Website:
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Gavin Shuker Express, accessed 19 May 2015
- ↑ Gavin speaks to the JVS Show on BBC Three Counties Radio, Gavinshuker.org, 15 January 2015, accessed 20 January 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 25 April 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
- ↑ 'Freedom Declared: Who we are', Freedom Declared website, undated, accessed 6 November 2015
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