Stephen Twigg
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Stephen Twigg MP |
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| Chair of the International Development Select Committee | |
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Assumed office 19 June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Malcolm Bruce |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | |
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In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Andy Burnham |
| Succeeded by | Tristram Hunt |
| Minister of State for Schools | |
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In office 16 December 2004 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | David Miliband |
| Succeeded by | Jacqui Smith |
| Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 11 June 2001 – 29 May 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Leader | Robin Cook |
| Preceded by | Paddy Tipping |
| Succeeded by | Ben Bradshaw |
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Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Wareing |
| Majority | 27,367 (66.7%) |
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Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Portillo |
| Succeeded by | David Burrowes |
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Islington Borough Councillor for Sussex Ward |
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In office 9 July 1992 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Christopher King |
| Succeeded by | Graham Baker |
| 44th President of the National Union of Students | |
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In office 1990–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Maeve Sherlock |
| Succeeded by | Lorna Fitzsimons |
| Personal details | |
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25 December 1966 Enfield, London, England |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Website | Stephen Twigg MP |
Stephen Twigg (born 25 December 1966) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby since 2010. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005.
He came to national prominence in 1997 by winning the seat of Defence Secretary Michael Portillo. Twigg was made the Minister of State for School Standards in 2004, a job he held until he lost his seat in 2005. He returned to parliament in 2010, after he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby.
Following Ed Miliband's election to the Labour leadership, he made Twigg a Shadow Foreign Office Minister. In his October 2011 reshuffle, Miliband promoted Twigg to the post of Shadow Secretary of State for Education. However, on 7 October 2013 he was replaced in the reshuffle.
Twigg was educated at Grange Park Primary School and Southgate School, a local comprehensive school, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
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