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'''Stephen Gilbert''' is the Liberal Democrat MP for St Austell and Newquay. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/stephen-gilbert/4101 Stephen Gilbert MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 4 March 2015 </ref> In the 2010 election Gilbert was elected in with a majority of 1,312. <ref name= "Politics"> [http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/stephen-gilbert Stephen Gilbert] ''politics.co.uk'', accessed 4 March 2015 </ref> | '''Stephen Gilbert''' is the Liberal Democrat MP for St Austell and Newquay. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/stephen-gilbert/4101 Stephen Gilbert MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 4 March 2015 </ref> In the 2010 election Gilbert was elected in with a majority of 1,312. <ref name= "Politics"> [http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/stephen-gilbert Stephen Gilbert] ''politics.co.uk'', accessed 4 March 2015 </ref> | ||
| − | Following the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2012, Gilbert was appointed parliamentary private secretary to [[Ed Davey]] the secretary of state for the [[Department of Energy and Climate Change]]. <ref name= "Gilbert"> [http://www.stephengilbert.org.uk/about About] ''Stephen Gilbert MP'', accessed 3 March 2015 </ref> | + | Following the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2012, Gilbert was appointed parliamentary private secretary to [[Ed Davey]] the secretary of state for the UK [[Department of Energy and Climate Change]]. <ref name= "Gilbert"> [http://www.stephengilbert.org.uk/about About] ''Stephen Gilbert MP'', accessed 3 March 2015 </ref> |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 03:53, 6 March 2015
Stephen Gilbert is the Liberal Democrat MP for St Austell and Newquay. [1] In the 2010 election Gilbert was elected in with a majority of 1,312. [2]
Following the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2012, Gilbert was appointed parliamentary private secretary to Ed Davey the secretary of state for the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. [3]
Background
Gilbert joined the Liberal Democrats in 1992 and thus became Cornwall's youngest ever councillor in 1998 aged just 21. He went on to work as a researcher for Welsh MP Lembit Opik and Cornwall's former MEP Robin Teverson. [3]
Between 2000 and 2005 Gilbert worked in the City of London advising the fund management industry. While in London he also served as a councillor on the London Borough of Haringey until 2005. [3]
Education
Gilbert studied International Politics at the University of Aberystwyth in 1995 and then went on to study a Masters' degree at the London School of Economics in 1999. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Stephen Gilbert MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 4 March 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stephen Gilbert politics.co.uk, accessed 4 March 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 About Stephen Gilbert MP, accessed 3 March 2015
