Dan Rogerson
Dan Rogerson was the UK Liberal Democrats MP for North Cornwall from 2005 until the May 2015 general election, when he lost his seat to the Conservative Party candidate Scott Mann. [1]
Rogerson's last political role was as parliamentary under secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2013 until 2015. [2]
Political career
Rogerson was appointed shadow parliamentary under-secretary in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2005.[3] His portfolio covered water, forestry, rural affairs and resource management.
Previous roles also include, shadow minister at the office of the deputy prime minister (2005-06), shadow minister for communities and local government (2006-07), shadow minister for culture, media and sport (2007-07), opposition whip (2007-10), shadow minister for communities and local government (2007-10) and parliamentary under secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2013-15 [4]
In January 2015 he was appointed to the Liberal Democrat General Election Cabinet as the party's spokesperson on environment, food and rural affairs. [5]
Life after politics
In 2015 Rogerson took up a £3,500 a day role as chair of Wessex Water Partnership, joining an increasing number of ex-ministers using their insider knowledge and contacts in the private sector areas they had previously covered in politics. [6]
Education
Rogerson graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, with a degree in politics and went onto work in local government. [7]
Notes
- ↑ General Election 2015: New Conservative MP for North Cornwall Scott Mann: 'I won't let you down' Cornish Guardian, 8 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
- ↑ Dan Rogerson www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2015
- ↑ Dan Rogerson, www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 October 2013.
- ↑ Dan Rogerson www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2015
- ↑ About Dan Rogerson MP, accessed 23 April 2015
- ↑ Sam Greenhill,'All aboard the gravy train from Whitehall to gold-plated jobs in the City', Daily Mail Online,4 May 2016, accessed 5 May 2016
- ↑ Dan Rogerson GOV.UK, accessed 10 October 2014
