David Warburton
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David Warburton FRSA MP |
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Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | David Heath |
| Majority | 20,268 (33.6%) |
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28 October 1965 Burnham, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Warburton (2002– present) |
| Children | 1 daughter 1 son |
| Alma mater |
Royal College of Music King's College London |
| Website | Official website |
David John Warburton FRSA (born 28 October 1965) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome at the 2015 general election. He is a former composer and was the founder, chief executive and chairman of Pitch Entertainment Group.
He was educated at state grammar school, Reading School, and co-educational comprehensive secondary, Waingels College.
After a variety of jobs, including several years as a shop assistant, a cleaner and a van driver while singing, playing lead guitar and keyboards in a succession of rock bands, he studied at the Royal College of Music, where he was a recipient of the Octavia Scholarship. He graduated in 1993 with a degree and a master's degree M.Mus.(Lond.) Dip.RCM.(Perf.) in music composition. At the Royal College of Music he studied under Edwin Roxburgh and Jeremy Dale Roberts, and had additional study with George Benjamin. He was the composition faculty representative on the Student Association Committee.
He then studied towards an M.Phil. and PhD at King's College, London as a Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust Scholar, under the tutelage of Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Though also a Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust Scholar, he eventually left the course early due to a lack of funding.
Having spent time on the Orkney island of Hoy in 1994 studying with future Master of the Queen's Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Warburton worked as a freelance composer, winning composition prizes including the United Music Publishers prize, the Major van Someren Godfrey Composition prize, the Herbert Howells prize and the Elgar Memorial Prize.
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