Stephen Twigg

http://www.labour.org.uk/mp/stephen_twigg/221/

About Stephen Twigg

I was born in 1966 in Enfield where I attended the local comprehensive school, Southgate. I went on to study Politics & Economics at Oxford University. In 1997 I returned to Enfield Southgate to become its first ever Labour MP, defeating the then Defence Secretary Michael Portillo in what was later voted the "3rd greatest television moment ever"!

I have 8 years' previous experience in Parliament where I was an active campaigner on behalf of my constituents - for example when a mother came to see me because her daughter had died during an epileptic seizure I set up an All Party Group on Epilepsy to put pressure on Government to do more. When another young constituent, Livia Galli Atkinson, was killed by a car I worked with her parents to press for firmer penalties for those who kill on our roads.

I was a Government Minister for 4 years - first as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons working with Robin Cook to reform Parliament and then for 3 years as Minister for Schools where I led the new primary schools' policy "Excellence and Enjoyment".

Since April 2007 I have divided my time between Liverpool and London. When I am here my flat is in Knotty Ash, round the corner from Ken Dodd's! I am a member of the West Derby Society and the Friends of Croxteth Hall & Country Park.


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Stephen was born in 1966 in Enfield where he attended the local comprehensive school, Southgate. He went on to study Politics & Economics at Oxford University. In 1997 he defeated the then Defence Secretary Michael Portillo to win the constituency of Enfield Southgate.

He subsequently served as the Labour MP for Enfield Southgate for 8 years and was a Government Minister for 4 years between 2001-2005. He served as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (2001-2) and as an Education Minister (2002-5).

Between 2005-2010 he worked for the Foreign Policy Centre, the Holocaust Centre and the Aegis Trust (a genocide prevention charity).

In 2010 he was elected as Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Liverpool, West Derby with a majority of 18,467. Since his election he has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Harriet Harman MP between May and September 2010 and in October 2010 was appointed as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, and later as Shadow Education Secretary.

Since October 2013, Stephen has been a Shadow Minister for Justice.

Stephen divides his time between his constituency and Westminster and has a flat in Knotty Ash. He is an active constituency MP. He is Chair of the Liverpool domestic violence charity Chrysalis.

Stephen is also a member of the shopworkers trade union Usdaw.