Derek Twigg

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Derek Twigg MP
Derek Twigg
Member of Parliament
for Halton
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1 May 1997
Preceded by Gordon Oakes
Born July 9, 1959 (1959-07-09) (age 48)
Widnes
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse Mary Cassidy
Children 1 son, 1 daughter

John Derek Twigg (born 9 July 1959, Widnes) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is Member of Parliament for Halton in Cheshire, and was first elected at the 1997 general election.

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[edit] Early life

He went to Bankfield High School (now called Bankfield School) on Liverpool Road in Widnes, and then to Halton College of Further Education (became Halton College, then Riverside College in August 2006) on Kingsway in Widnes. He worked for the Department of Education and Employment from 1975-96. From 1996-7 he was a political consultant.

[edit] Parliamentary career

Between 2002-4 he served as a whip. On 16 December 2004, in the reshuffle following the resignation of David Blunkett, he was appointed junior education minister in the Department for Education and Skills

In the cabinet reshuffle following the general election in May 2005, Twigg was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport. On 6 September 2006, after the resignation of Tom Watson, he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Veterans at the Ministry of Defence [1]

[edit] Personal life

He married Mary Cassidy in January 1988 in Widnes. They have a son (born June 1989) and daughter (born April 1992).

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Gordon Oakes		 Member of Parliament for Halton
1997 – present		 Incumbent