Gavin Barwell MP |
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Minister of State for Housing and Planning | |
Assumed office 17 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Sec. of State | Sajid Javid |
Preceded by | Brandon Lewis |
Minister for London | |
Assumed office 17 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Tessa Jowell (2010) |
Comptroller of the Household | |
In office 11 May 2015 – 17 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Don Foster |
Succeeded by | Mel Stride |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Anne Milton |
Succeeded by | George Hollingbery |
Assistant Whip of the House of Commons | |
In office 7 October 2013 – 15 July 2014 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Greg Hands |
Succeeded by | Therese Coffey |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education | |
In office 12 September 2012 – 7 October 2013 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | David Evennett |
Succeeded by | Ben Gummer |
Member of Parliament for Croydon Central |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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Preceded by | Andrew Pelling |
Majority | 165 (0.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cuckfield, England, UK |
23 January 1972
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Karen Barwell |
Children | 3 sons |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Website |
gavinbarwell |
Gavin Laurence Barwell (born 23 January 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon Central since the 2010 general election.
Barwell worked for the Conservative party headquarters from 1993 until his election in 2010 and was – between 2003 and 2006 – the Party's Chief Operating Officer responsible for over a hundred staff and a multimillion-pound budget, sitting on the Party Board working closely with Party Leaders Michael Howard and David Cameron. He was a councillor in the London Borough of Croydon between 1998 and 2010.
Gavin Barwell was born in Cuckfield in Sussex and subsequently moved to Croydon in South London where he was educated at the Trinity School of John Whitgift. He gained a degree in Natural Sciences from Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1993.
He was President of the Cambridge Union (Easter Term 1993).
After graduating, Barwell was employed by the Conservative Central Office in a number of roles between 1993 and 2010.