Derek Twigg
| Derek Twigg | |
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Twigg in August 2008.
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| Member of Parliament for Halton | |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Gordon Oakes |
| Majority | 20,285 (45.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 July 1959 Widnes, Lancashire, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Cassidy (m. 1988) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Derek Twigg |
John Derek Twigg (born 9 July 1959) is a British Labour Party politician, who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Halton in Cheshire since 1997 general election.
Twigg attended Bankfield High School (now Ormiston Chadwick Academy) in Widnes, and afterwards Halton College of Further Education (now Riverside College). At the age of 16, he joined the Civil Service, working for the Department for Employment at Runcorn for the following 19 years.
At the age of 18 Twigg became Branch Secretary of the Civil and Public Services Association (now part of the Public and Commercial Services Union) before joining the Labour Party in 1979. He was elected to Cheshire County Council at the age of 21, serving as a county councillor until 1985. In 1983 he was elected to Halton Borough Council. Between 1996 and 1997, he also worked as a political consultant.
At the general election in 1997, Twigg succeeded Gordon Oakes as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Halton. He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 10 June 1997. He was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Helen Liddell, and then to Stephen Byers, before serving as a Government Whip from June 2002 until 2004.
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