Stephen Gilbert

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Stephen Gilbert, MP for St Austell and Newquay

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 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

  1. Stephen Gilbert MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 4 March 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stephen Gilbert politics.co.uk, accessed 4 March 2015
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 About Stephen Gilbert MP, accessed 3 March 2015