Evan Harris
| Evan Harris | |
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Harris in 2010
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Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Patten |
| Succeeded by | Nicola Blackwood |
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21 October 1965 Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Evan Leslie Harris (born 21 October 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon from 1997 to 2010, losing his seat in the 2010 general election by 176 votes to Conservative Nicola Blackwood.
He now writes a science blog for The Guardian and continues to be an active member of the Liberal Democrats. He is Joint Executive Director of Hacked Off, the campaign for a free and accountable press.
Evan Harris was born on 21 October 1965 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, the son of South African Jewish parents (his father was a medical professor). He was brought up in Liverpool, where he had a state education at the Liverpool Blue Coat School. In 1984 he won a scholarship to the independent Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California, and later won a scholarship to attend Wadham College, Oxford, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in physiology and a diploma in medical sociology. He completed his education at the Oxford Medical School, where he graduated B. M. Ch. and qualified as a physician in 1991.
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