Members Of Parliament in Widnes - Runcorn and Widnes World

MPs: Derek Twigg MP; Paul Nuttall MEP;

Halton (House of Commons)

Mr Derek Twigg MP (Labour)

Surgery: I hold my advice surgeries for constituents on:

The second Friday of the month (13th January) at Upton Community Centre, Hough Green Road, Widnes, from 1.30-2.30pm
The fourth Friday of the month (27th January) at the Halton Direct Link, Brook Street, Widnes, from 5.30-7pm
The Saturday after the fourth Friday (28th January) at Hale Village Hall from 09.30-10am, and at Halton Direct Link, Church Street, Runcorn, from 10.30am-12 noon, or until the last constituent is seen.

Surgery Tel: 0151 424 7030

MP Since - 1997 Majority - 15,504 Born - 09/07/1959. Married, 1 son & 1 daughter.
Education - Bankfield High School, Widness; Halton College of Further Education.
Previous Occupation - Civil Servant Department for Education & Employment (1975-1996).

Personal Overview - Comes from an atypical Labour background in the Civil Service and latterly political consultancy. As such, he is likely to have a reasonable knowledge of the political system. He has a wide range of political interests including Education and Government generally. His parliamentary career has been varied and has seen steady progression from Committee memberships, a role as a PPS, an Assistant Government Whip and most recently junior Government positions before being removed from office at the October 2008 reshuffle. Made a comeback into an Opposition role early in the 2010 parliament, this however only lasted until October 2011.

Political History - Councillor Cheshire County Council (1981-85), Halton Borough Council (1983-97). MP Halton (1997-). Member of the Public Accounts Select Committee (1998-99). Member of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee (2009-10). PPS to Helen Liddell, Minister of State, Department for the Environment, Transport & the Regions (1999), Department of Trade & Industry (1999-2001). PPS to Stephen Byers, Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government & the Regions (2001-02). Assistant Government Whip (2002-03). Government Whip (2003-04). Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Education & Skills (2004-05), Department of Transport (2005-06), Ministry of Defence (2006-08). Shadow Minister, Department of Health (2010-11).

Characteristics - Likely to be a 'New Labour' style member. Coming from a background working inside the political system, he will understand better then many members the difficulties and intricacies of Government.

Business Tel: 020 7219 1039

Email: twiggd@parliament.uk

Interests: Business & Finance,Housing,Poverty,Education & Training,Health,Local Government

Commitee membership

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes (Member)
• Down's Syndrome Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Emergency Ambulance and Paramedic Services (Member)
• United Kingdom Falkland Islands Group (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group (Secretary)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Transatlantic and International Security (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam (Member)

North West (European Parliament)

Mr Paul Nuttall MEP (UK Independence)

MEP Since - 2009 Born - 1977. Married.
Education - Savio High School. Hugh Baird College. North Lincolnshire College (HND Sport Science) Edge Hill University BA (Hons) History. Liverpool Hope University, MA History. City and Guilds 7307 Teaching Qualification. Certificate in Education. Liverpool Hope University, PhD History (Pending).

Previous Occupation - History Lecturer at Hugh Baird College (2002-06). Lecturer in History at Liverpool Hope University (2003-06). European Parliamentary Assistant and Political Advisor to John Whittaker MEP (2006-08).

Personal Overview - Effectively replaced former UKIP MEP John Whittaker at the 2009 European Elections who he had worked for as an assistant at the Parliament for several years. Has an academic background as a lecturer in the Merseyside area. Politically, he has achieved relatively rapid promotion within the party in recent years, becoming Party Chairman in 2008. In terms of European politics, he has gained experience through his work for John Whittaker MEP, he has also acted as a political consultant to Godfrey Bloom MEP and has been Editor of the Bulletin from Brussels Magazine. As well as opposing Britain's membership of the European Union, his political interests include campaigning against political correctness as well as campaigning to save post offices and British pubs.

Political History - Joined UKIP (2004). General Election candidate for Bootle (2005). Candidate for Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (2006,07,08). Chairman of South Sefton UKIP Branch (2005-2006). Secretary of Young Independence (2008-). Political Consultant to Godfrey
Bloom MEP (2008-09). Chairman of UKIP (2008-). MEP North West Region (2009-). Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (2009-). Substitute member of the Committee on Culture and Education (2009-).

Other Information - Member of the Executive Council of the United Commonwealth Society (2007-). Member of the Campaign Against Political Correctness (2006-). Member of the Freedom Association.
Intergroups - N/a.

Email: paul.nuttall@europarl.europa.eu

Interests: Saving Post Offices from closure,Campaigning against Political Correctness

Commitee membership

• Environment, Public Health & Food Safety (Member)
• Culture & Education (Substitute)

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