Stephen Gilbert

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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 decided to join the Liberal Democrats in 1992 and in doing so her became Cornwall's youngest ever councillor in 1998 aged just 21. He then 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 is said to have 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