Gavin Williamson
| The Right Honourable Gavin Williamson MP |
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Williamson in 2010
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| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sam Gyimah |
| Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire |
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| Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Patrick Cormack |
| Majority | 20,371 (41.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gavin Alexander Williamson 25 June 1976 Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Joanne Eland |
| Alma mater | University of Bradford |
| Website | www |
This article is about the English politician. For other people with the same name, see Gavin Williamson (disambiguation).
Gavin Alexander Williamson[1] (born 25 June 1976) is an English Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Staffordshire.[2] Williamson was parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Patrick McLoughlin as Secretary of State for Transport.[3] Williamson was then appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister under David Cameron in October 2013.[4]
Early life and family
Williamson originally hails from Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Williamson was educated at his local comprehensive, Raincliffe School, and the Scarborough Sixth Form College, before attending the University of Bradford, where he obtained a BSc degree in social sciences.[5] He is married to Joanne who was a primary school teacher before they had children; they have two daughters Annabel and Grace.[6]
Career
Williamson was elected a County Councillor in 2001, for the Seamer division. After 2005, Williamson then moved to Derbyshire.[7]
Williamson was the penultimate national chairman of Conservative Students before it was abolished in 1998 and the separate youth wings of the party were united as Conservative Future. At the 2005 general election, he stood as a Conservative candidate in Blackpool North & Fleetwood, but failed to gain the seat from Labour.[7]
Before becoming an MP, Williamson worked in the Staffordshire pottery industry, and within a large property consultancy.[7] Williamson has been Deputy Chairman of Staffordshire Area Conservatives, Chairman of Stoke on Trent Conservative Association and Vice Chairman of Derbyshire Dales Conservative Association.[6]
Having been elected in South Staffordshire at the 2010 general election, Williamson was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Hugo Swire, Minister of State for Northern Ireland, in October 2011.[8] In September 2012, Williamson was made PPS to the Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of State for Transport, and in 2013 became PPS to the Prime Minister, David Cameron.[9]
In October 2013, Gavin Williamson was reprimanded by the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, for being noisy during Prime Minister's Questions. Bercow told Williamson that his job was to "nod his head in the appropriate places, and to fetch and carry notes".[10]
Following the Conservative Party's election victory at the 2015 General Election, Williamson was sworn of the Privy Council on 14 May 2015.[11]
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 59418. p. 8745. 13 May 2010.
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- ↑ http://www.gavinwilliamson.org/about-gavin
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-7-october-2013
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.southstaffordshireconservatives.com/
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- ↑ http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/gavin-williamson-appointed-pps/
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- ↑ http://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Privy-Council-business-and-order-14-may-2015.pdf
External links
- Official site
- Parliament
- Conservative Party
- Voting record at Public Whip
- South Staffordshire Conservative Association
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 2010 – present |
Incumbent |
- UK MPs 2010–15
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Councillors in North Yorkshire
- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- Alumni of the University of Bradford
- Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister
- UK MPs 2015–20
