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'''Stephen Twigg''' (born 25 December 1966) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and [[Co-operative Party]] politician who has been [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool West Derby]] since [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010]]. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for [[Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield Southgate]] from [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]] to [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005]].
'''Stephen Twigg''' (born 25 December 1966) has been Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Liverpool, West Derby]] since 2010. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for [[Enfield, Southgate]] from 1997 to 2005.


==Political career==
He came to national prominence in 1997 by winning the seat of [[Secretary of State for Defence|Defence Secretary]] [[Michael Portillo]]. Twigg was made the [[Minister of State]] for [[Department for Children, Schools and Families|School Standards]] in 2004, a job he held until he lost his seat in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2004_0229|title=Stephen Twigg appointed Minister for School Standards|accessdate=9 November 2007|work=Department for Children, Schools and Families|publisher=[[Department for Children, Schools and Families]]}}</ref> He returned to parliament in [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010]], after he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby.
He came to national prominence in 1997 by winning the seat of Defence Secretary Michael Portillo. Twigg was made the Minister of State for School Standards in 2004, a job he held until he lost his seat in 2005. He returned to parliament in 2010, after he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby.


Following [[Edward Miliband]]'s election to the Labour leadership, he made Twigg a Shadow Foreign Office Minister. In his October 2011 reshuffle, Miliband promoted Twigg to the post of Shadow Secretary of State for Education. However, on 7 October 2013 he was replaced in the reshuffle.
Following [[Ed Miliband]]'s election to the Labour leadership, he made Twigg a [[Shadow Cabinet (UK)|Shadow Foreign Office Minister]]. In his October 2011 reshuffle, Miliband promoted Twigg to the post of [[Shadow Secretary of State for Education]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Shadow Cabinet - The Labour Party|url=http://www.labour.org.uk/shadow-cabinet|publisher=The Labour Party Web Site|accessdate=7 October 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.labour.org.uk/shadow-cabinet|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=guardian2>{{cite news|title=The new shadow cabinet - The full list|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/oct/07/new-shadow-cabinet-full-list|accessdate=7 October 2011|location=London|date=7 October 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/07/new-shadow-cabinet-full-list|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, on 7 October 2013 he was replaced in the reshuffle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2013-10-07/liverpool-mp-stephen-twigg-sacked-from-shadow-cabinet/|title=Liverpool MP Stephen Twigg sacked from Shadow Cabinet|date=7 October 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2013-10-07/liverpool-mp-stephen-twigg-sacked-from-shadow-cabinet/|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


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In the 1997 election he was elected to Parliament for Enfield Southgate with a majority of 1,433. There had been a large 17.4% swing to him from his Conservative opponent, Michael Portillo. Portillo, a cabinet minister, had been widely tipped to be the next Tory leader, and the loss of his seat was one of the most unexpected results of the election.
==Early life==
Twigg was educated at [[Grange Park, Enfield|Grange Park]] [[Primary School#United Kingdom|Primary School]] and [[Southgate School]], a local [[comprehensive school]], and at [[Balliol College, Oxford]], where he studied [[Philosophy, Politics, and Economics]].


In the 2001 election Twigg held the seat with an increased majority of 5,546 over Conservative John Flack. Following the 2001 election, Twigg was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons, Robin Cook, and in 2002 became a junior minister in the Department for Education and Skills, from where he led the London Challenge initiative. In 2004, in the government changes following the resignation of David Blunkett, he was promoted to Minister of State for school standards.
He became the youngest and first [[coming out|openly gay]] president of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]] in 1990<ref name=guardian1>{{cite news|title=Twigg puts down new roots|author=Polly Curtis|url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,1375256,00.html|date=16 December 2004|accessdate=27 July 2007|publisher=The Guardian|location=London|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2004/dec/16/schools.uk8|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> representing the National Organisation of Labour Students (NOLS). He was re-elected in 1991.


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Whilst an MP he served as chairman of two All Party Parliamentary Groups—on epilepsy and on youth issues. He is a former chairman of Labour Friends of Israel.
On leaving the NUS he became a [[councillor]] in the [[London Borough of Islington]], and was also [[Whip (politics)|Chief Whip]], and briefly [[Deputy Leader]]. He worked for the UK section of [[Amnesty International]] and then for the [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]].


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In the 2005 election, Twigg lost his seat to the Conservative Party candidate, David Burrowes, by a margin of 1,747 votes (a swing of 8.7%). During his concession speech, Twigg claimed that he would not be the last Labour MP for Enfield Southgate. He was proved correct in 2017, with the election of Bambos Charalambous, the Labour candidate, on 8 June.
==MP for Enfield Southgate: 1997-2005==
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In the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 election]] he was elected to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] for [[Enfield Southgate]], the constituency in which he had been born and raised, with a [[majority]] of 1,433. There had been a large 17.4% swing to him from his [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] opponent, [[Michael Portillo]]. Portillo, a [[cabinet minister]], had been widely tipped to be the next Tory leader,<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom of speech|publisher=Inside Housing|url=http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/ihstory.aspx?storycode=6504908|accessdate=13 March 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305094051/http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/ihstory.aspx?storycode=6504908|archivedate=5 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the loss of his seat was one of the most unexpected results of the election.


Twigg was selected as the Labour Co-operative candidate for the Liverpool West Derby constituency at the 2010 general election. He was elected with a majority of 18,467, garnering 64.1% of the vote.
A book about the election by [[Brian Cathcart]] was titled ''Were You Still Up for Portillo?'' In the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London, the scene of the Labour party celebrations that evening, the result elicited a massive cheer, as Portillo was widely loathed among Labour supporters.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} Twigg was forced to give up his role as general secretary of the [[Fabian Society]] following this unexpected victory in what had been regarded as a safe Conservative seat. It was also unusual to have an openly gay British MP at that time.


In October 2010 he unsuccessfully contested the election for the Shadow Cabinet, coming in 36th out of the 49 candidates and winning 55 votes. He was subsequently appointed to the Labour front bench as a shadow minister in the Foreign Affairs team.
In the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 election]] Twigg held the seat with an increased majority of 5,546 over Conservative [[John Flack (politician)|John Flack]]. Following the 2001 election, Twigg was appointed [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Leader of the House of Commons]], [[Robin Cook]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10611/stephen_twigg/liverpool,_west_derby|title=Stephen Twigg MP, Liverpool, West Derby - TheyWorkForYou|website=TheyWorkForYou}}</ref> and in 2002 became a junior [[political minister|minister]] in the [[Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)|Department for Education and Skills]], from where he led the [[London Challenge]] initiative.<ref name=LondonChallengeSpeech>{{cite web|last1=Twigg|first1=Stephen|title=No School Left Behind - speech by Stephen Twigg|url=http://archive.labour.org.uk/no-school-left-behind|website=Labour|publisher=The Labour Party|accessdate=5 July 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706094543/http://archive.labour.org.uk/no-school-left-behind|archivedate=6 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2004, in the government changes following the resignation of [[David Blunkett]], he was promoted to [[Minister of State]] for school standards.


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On 7 October 2011 he was appointed to the post of Shadow Secretary of State for Education, following the Shadow Cabinet reshuffle.
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Whilst an MP he served as chairman of two [[All Party Parliamentary Group]]s—on [[epilepsy]] and on youth issues. He is a former chairman of [[Labour Friends of Israel]].


In the 2013 Shadow Cabinet Reshuffle, Twigg lost his position of Shadow Education Secretary and was demoted to the Shadow Justice Team as Shadow Minister for Constitutional Reform.
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In the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 election]], Twigg lost his seat to the Conservative Party candidate, [[David Burrowes]], by a margin of 1,747 votes (a swing of 8.7%).<ref name=bbc1>{{cite news|accessdate=27 July 2007|date=6 May 2005|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4520471.stm|title=Minister Twigg beaten by Tories|publisher=BBC News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4520471.stm|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> During his concession speech, Twigg claimed that he would not be the last Labour MP for Enfield Southgate. He was proved correct in [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017]], with the election of [[Bambos Charalambous]], the Labour candidate, on 8 June.


On 19 June 2015, he was announced as having been elected to the chairmanship of the International Development Select Committee.
==Non-parliamentary career: 2005-2010==
On 12 December 2005, Twigg was arrested in [[central London]] for being drunk and incapable in a public place and taken to [[Marylebone]] police station. He paid a £50 [[fixed penalty notice]]. Twigg commented "I had had a lot to drink and I think it [the police action] was sensible. I have no complaints whatsoever. I take full responsibility for my actions."<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-minister fined for being drunk|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4526154.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=14 December 2005|accessdate=27 July 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4526154.stm|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Twigg became chairman of [[Progress (organisation)|Progress]], an independent organisation for Labour party members, and director of the [[Foreign Policy Centre]], a [[think tank]] which develops long-term [[multilateralism|multilateral]] approaches to global problems. Twigg is the campaigns director of the [[Aegis Trust]], in their educational and campaigning work against [[genocide]]. He is also a patron of the [[Workers Educational Association]]. He is a trustee of the Liverpool-based domestic violence charity Chrysalis.

==MP for Liverpool West Derby: 2010-present==
[[File:Stephen Twigg MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Education (right) and Dame Clare Tickell, Chief Executive of Action for Children.jpg|thumb|left|Twigg speaking in 2013]]
Twigg was selected as the [[Labour Co-operative]] candidate for the [[Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool West Derby constituency]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/whatever-happened-to-the-man-who-beat-portillo-1961962.html|title=Whatever happened to the man who beat Portillo?|newspaper=''[[The Independent]]''|date=4 May 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/whatever-happened-to-the-man-who-beat-portillo-1961962.html|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was elected with a majority of 18,467, garnering 64.1% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 September 2007|accessdate=24 September 2007|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6999733.stm|title=Deselected Wareing to quit Labour|work=BBC News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6999733.stm|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In October 2010 he unsuccessfully contested [[Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 2010|the election]] for the [[Shadow Cabinet (UK)|Shadow Cabinet]], coming in 36th out of the 49 candidates and winning 55 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://politicalscrapbook.net/2010/10/shadow-cabinet-election-results/|title=Shadow Cabinet Eloection Results|publisher=[[Political Scrapbook]]}}</ref> He was subsequently appointed to the Labour front bench as a shadow minister in the Foreign Affairs team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nextleft.org/2010/10/labours-full-shadow-team.html|title=Next Left|date=10 October 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.nextleft.org/2010/10/labours-full-shadow-team.html|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

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On 7 October 2011 he was appointed to the post of [[Shadow Secretary of State for Education]], following the Shadow Cabinet reshuffle.<ref name="guardian2"/>

In the 2013 Shadow Cabinet Reshuffle, Twigg lost his position of Shadow Education Secretary<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1151321/byrne-and-twigg-go-in-labour-reshuffle|title=Byrne And Twigg Lose Out In Labour Reshuffle|publisher=[[Sky News]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://news.sky.com/story/1151321/byrne-and-twigg-go-in-labour-reshuffle|archivedate=30 June 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and was demoted to the Shadow Justice Team as Shadow Minister for Constitutional Reform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stephentwiggmp.co.uk/about-stephen/|title=About Stephen|publisher=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817134051/http://stephentwiggmp.co.uk/about-stephen/|archivedate=17 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 19 June 2015, he was announced as having been elected to the chairmanship of the [[International Development Select Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/june/winning-candidates-for-select-committee-chairs-announced/|date=18 June 2015|accessdate=19 June 2015|title=Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced|publisher=UK Parliament}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.stephentwiggmp.co.uk/ Stephen Twigg MP] ''official constituency website''
*{{UK MP links|parliament=stephen-twigg/167|hansard=mr-stephen-twigg|hansardcurr=<!-- 4367 -->|guardian=5279/stephen-twigg|publicwhip=Stephen_Twigg|theywork=stephen_twigg |record=Stephen-Twigg/Liverpool-West-Derby/1146|bbc=25294.stm|journalisted=}}
*[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/stephen-twigg Column archive] at ''[[The Guardian]]''
*[http://fpc.org.uk/ Foreign Policy Centre]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224110825/http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/stephentwigg.html Stephen Twigg] at ''The Knitting Circle''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdKexAVIUY4 Television coverage of Twigg's defeat of Portillo in the 1997 general election]

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Stephen Twigg
MP
Chair of the International Development Select Committee
Assumed office
19 June 2015
Preceded by Sir Malcolm Bruce
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
In office
7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013
Leader Edward Miliband
Preceded by Andy Burnham
Succeeded by Tristram Hunt
Minister of State for Schools
In office
16 December 2004 – 5 May 2005
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by David Miliband
Succeeded by Jacqui Smith
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office
11 June 2001 – 29 May 2002
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Leader Robin Cook
Preceded by Paddy Tipping
Succeeded by Ben Bradshaw
Member of Parliament
for Liverpool, West Derby
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Majority 32,908 (72.8%)
Member of Parliament
for Enfield, Southgate
In office
1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by Michael Portillo
Succeeded by David Burrowes
Islington Borough Councillor
for Sussex Ward
In office
9 July 1992 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by Christopher King
Succeeded by Graham Baker
44th President of the National Union of Students
In office
1990–1992
Personal details
Born (1966-12-25) 25 December 1966 (age 57),
Website Stephen Twigg MP


Stephen Twigg (born 25 December 1966) has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool, West Derby since 2010. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Enfield, Southgate from 1997 to 2005.

Political career

He came to national prominence in 1997 by winning the seat of Defence Secretary Michael Portillo. Twigg was made the Minister of State for School Standards in 2004, a job he held until he lost his seat in 2005. He returned to parliament in 2010, after he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby.

Following Edward Miliband's election to the Labour leadership, he made Twigg a Shadow Foreign Office Minister. In his October 2011 reshuffle, Miliband promoted Twigg to the post of Shadow Secretary of State for Education. However, on 7 October 2013 he was replaced in the reshuffle.

In the 1997 election he was elected to Parliament for Enfield Southgate with a majority of 1,433. There had been a large 17.4% swing to him from his Conservative opponent, Michael Portillo. Portillo, a cabinet minister, had been widely tipped to be the next Tory leader, and the loss of his seat was one of the most unexpected results of the election.

In the 2001 election Twigg held the seat with an increased majority of 5,546 over Conservative John Flack. Following the 2001 election, Twigg was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons, Robin Cook, and in 2002 became a junior minister in the Department for Education and Skills, from where he led the London Challenge initiative. In 2004, in the government changes following the resignation of David Blunkett, he was promoted to Minister of State for school standards.

Whilst an MP he served as chairman of two All Party Parliamentary Groups—on epilepsy and on youth issues. He is a former chairman of Labour Friends of Israel.

In the 2005 election, Twigg lost his seat to the Conservative Party candidate, David Burrowes, by a margin of 1,747 votes (a swing of 8.7%). During his concession speech, Twigg claimed that he would not be the last Labour MP for Enfield Southgate. He was proved correct in 2017, with the election of Bambos Charalambous, the Labour candidate, on 8 June.

Twigg was selected as the Labour Co-operative candidate for the Liverpool West Derby constituency at the 2010 general election. He was elected with a majority of 18,467, garnering 64.1% of the vote.

In October 2010 he unsuccessfully contested the election for the Shadow Cabinet, coming in 36th out of the 49 candidates and winning 55 votes. He was subsequently appointed to the Labour front bench as a shadow minister in the Foreign Affairs team.

On 7 October 2011 he was appointed to the post of Shadow Secretary of State for Education, following the Shadow Cabinet reshuffle.

In the 2013 Shadow Cabinet Reshuffle, Twigg lost his position of Shadow Education Secretary and was demoted to the Shadow Justice Team as Shadow Minister for Constitutional Reform.

On 19 June 2015, he was announced as having been elected to the chairmanship of the International Development Select Committee.

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