David Heath (politician)
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The Right Honourable David Heath CBE |
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Minister of State for Agriculture and Food |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | James Paice |
| Succeeded by | Dan Rogerson |
| Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 14 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Leader | Sir George Young |
| Preceded by | Barbara Keeley |
| Succeeded by | Tom Brake |
| Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 2001 – 14 May 2010 |
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| Leader |
Charles Kennedy Menzies Campbell Nick Clegg |
| Preceded by | Paul Tyler |
| Succeeded by | Tom Brake |
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Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Robinson |
| Succeeded by | David Warburton |
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16 March 1954 Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Dr Caroline Netherton |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | MP |
David William St. John Heath CBE (born 16 March 1954) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome and was the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food. In October 2013 after being removed from his ministerial post in a reshuffle, he announced his intention to step down at the next UK General Election.
Heath was born in Westbury-sub-Mendip in the Mendip Hills of Somerset. He was educated at Millfield Preparatory School and then Millfield School, an independent school in Street, Somerset. He then studied at St John's College at the University of Oxford, where he was awarded a MA in Physiological Sciences. He went on to study Ophthalmic Optics at the City University, London.
Heath worked as a practising optometrist for seventeen years from 1979. He is also an honorary fellow of the College of Optometrists. He became a parliamentary consultant to the World Wide Fund for Nature in 1990, before joining Age Concern in the same capacity in 1991. He has worked for various other charities as a consultant since 1995.
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