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Gavin Barwell

Gavin Barwell
MP
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Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Assumed office
17 July 2016
Prime Minister Theresa May
Sec. of State Sajid Javid
Preceded by Brandon Lewis
Minister for London
Assumed office
17 July 2016
Prime Minister Theresa May
Preceded by Tessa Jowell (2010)
Comptroller of the Household
In office
11 May 2015 – 17 July 2016
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
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
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
Prime Minister David Cameron
Preceded by David Evennett
Succeeded by Ben Gummer
Member of Parliament
for Croydon Central
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded by Andrew Pelling
Majority 165 (0.3%)
Personal details
Born (1972-01-23) 23 January 1972 (age 45)
Cuckfield, England, UK
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Karen Barwell
Children 3 sons
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Website gavinbarwell.com
twitter.com/gavinbarwellmp

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.


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