Steve Gilbert
{{Short description|British politician}}
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| office = Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
| primeminister = David Cameron
| term_start = 11 September 2012
| term_end = 9 January 2014
| predecessor = Duncan Hames
| successor = Stephen Lloyd
| office1 = Member of Parliament
for St Austell and Newquay
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| majority1 = 1,312 (2.8%)
| predecessor1 = Constituency Created
| successor1 = Steve Double
| term_start1 = 6 May 2010
| term_end1 = 30 March 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|11|6}}
| birth_place = Truro, Cornwall, England
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| nationality = British
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| party = Liberal Democrat
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| alma_mater = Aberystwyth University, London School of Economics
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| website = [http://www.stephengilbert.org.uk/ stephengilbert.org.uk]
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| caption = Gilbert in 2010
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Stephen David John Gilbert (born 6 November 1976) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election the Member of Parliament (MP) for the new constituency of St Austell and Newquay,{{cite news
|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e36.stm
|title= Election 2010: St Austell & Newquay|date=7 May 2010|last=Staff
|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC |accessdate=9 May 2010}}
but lost his seat at the 2015 general election to the Conservative Party candidate Steve Double.{{cite news
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000961
| title = St Austell & Newquay Parliamentary constituency
| work = Election 2015
| publisher = BBC News
| accessdate = 16 May 2015
}} He now teaches politics at Highgate School, having previously taught history and politics at the King's School, Worcester.
Background
Gilbert was born in Truro, Cornwall and was educated at schools in Lostwithiel, Fowey and St Austell. He went on to study International Politics at University of Wales, Aberystwyth and completed a master's degree, also in International Politics, at the London School of Economics.{{cite web|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/stephen-gilbert/ |title=Stephen Gilbert}}
He is a former Restormel Borough Councillor, whose area overlaps considerably with the constituency, and a former Haringey Borough Councillor. Briefly working in the Westminster office of the then Liberal Democrat MP, Lembit Öpik, and he also worked as a public affairs consultant for a financial services company in London.{{cite web
|url= http://www.stephengilbert.org.uk/pages/Background.html
|title=Steve Gilbert background}}
Gilbert was one of 24 openly gay MPs in the House of Commons during the 2010–15 term.{{cite web|last=Geen |first=Jessica |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/12/23/lib-dem-mp-steve-gilbert-calls-for-progress-on-gay-marriage/ |title=Lib Dem MP Steve Gilbert calls for progress on gay marriage |publisher=PinkNews.co.uk |date= 23 December 2010|accessdate=5 February 2012}}
Parliamentary career
He was first elected to Parliament in 2010 as MP for the new constituency of St Austell and Newquay with a majority of 1,312.
On being elected, he was appointed to the Select Committee for Communities and Local Government. He has also served as a Junior Government Whip and as chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing.
In September 2012 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Energy & Climate Change Secretary of State Ed Davey.
He was also a member of the Public Bill Committee for the Defence Reform Act 2014.{{cite web|url=http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/defencereform/committees/houseofcommonspublicbillcommitteeonthedefencereformbill201314.html|title=House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Defence Reform Bill 2013–14 |publisher=Parliament.uk |date= |accessdate=17 September 2013}}
In 2013 he helped rescue a woman from the River Thames, throwing a lifebuoy after spotting what he had first thought was a body floating past the House of Commons terrace, as he enjoyed a cigarette.{{cite news|title=MP Stephen Gilbert helps save woman from River Thames|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24634352|accessdate=24 March 2015|date=23 October 2013|publisher=BBC News}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.stephengilbert.org.uk/ Stephen Gilbert MP] official website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100713162052/http://www.libdemvoice.org/author/stephen-gilbert/ Column archives] at the Liberal Democrat Voice
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Category:Alumni of Aberystwyth University
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:Councillors in Cornwall
Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Haringey
Category:English gay politicians
Category:Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors
Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall
Category:LGBTQ members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom