David Heath

David William St. John Heath CBE (born March 16, 1954) British politician. He is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome and is the Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. He ran for the deputy leadership of the Liberal Democrats in 2006 and came third in the first round. Image File history File links David_Heath. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Somerton and Frome is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons. ... The 2006 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election began on March 2, 2006 when the sitting Deputy Leader Sir Menzies Campbell was elected leader of the party. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

David Heath was born in Westbury-sub-Mendip in the Mendip Hills of Somerset and was educated at the Millfield School, Street and St John's College, Oxford where he was awarded a master's degree in physiological science. He went on to study ophthalmic optics at the City University, London. He worked as a practising optician for seventeen years from 1979. He became a parliamentary consultant to the World Wide Fund for Nature in 1990, before joining Age Concern in the same capacity in 1991. He has worked for various other charities as a consultant since 1995. Statistics Population: approx 800 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST501488 Administration District: Mendip Shire county: Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Police Ambulance service: South Western Post office and telephone Post... Cheddar Gorge The beautiful Mendip hills The Mendip Hills are a range of limestone hills (karst) situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in north Somerset, England. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Millfield is a distinctive Independent school in Street, Somerset, England. ... Map sources for Street at grid reference ST4836 Street is a town in the county of Somerset, England, situated on a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Hills, two miles south west of Glastonbury. ... College name St Johns College Collegium Divi Joannis Baptistae Named after Saint John the Baptist Established 1555 Sister College Sidney Sussex College President Sir Michael Scholar KCB JCR President Martha Burgess Undergraduates 381 Graduates 184 Homepage Boatclub St Johns College is one of the constituent colleges of the... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. ... Table of Opticks, 1728 Cyclopaedia Optics ( appearance or look in ancient Greek) is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light and the interaction of light with matter. ... City University, London is a British university, based at Northampton Square in Clerkenwell, London, England. ... An optician is an individual who makes and adjusts optical aids. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, England is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business. ... WWF redirects here. ... This article is about the year. ... Age Concern is the name of a number of charitable organizations specifically concerned with the needs and concerns of old people. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Legal definitions A charity is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was elected as a Liberal councillor to the Somerset County Council in 1985, becoming the leader of the council 1985-9 and remaining as the Liberal Democrat group leader until 1991, he stood down from the council in 1997. He unsuccessfully contested Somerton and Frome at the 1992 General Election where he was defeated by the new Conservative MP Mark Robinson by 4,341 votes. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election when he ousted Robinson at Somerton and Frome by just 130 votes and has remained the MP there since. Although his majority has risen at each subsequent election, it remains at just 812. He made his maiden speech on May 21, 1997.[1] This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Somerton and Frome is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... Mark Noel Foster Robinson (born 26 December 1946) is a British Conservative politician. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In parliament he served on the foreign affairs select committee for two years from 1997 and at the same time was appointed as a frontbench spokesman on foreign affairs by Paddy Ashdown, and became a agriculture, fisheries and food spokesman under the new leadership of Charles Kennedy in 1999. Following the 2001 General Election he became a spokesman on work and pensions as well as serving as a member of the science and technology select committee, before speaking on home affairs from 2003. He joined Kennedy's shadow cabinet following the 2005 General Election and is both the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. He has been a member of the modernisation select committee since 2005, and is the vice chairman of the all party groups on United Nations, Romania and the group on eye health and visual impairment. He is also the treasurer of the pharmacy group. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In many parliaments and other similar assemblies, seating is typically arranged in banks or rows, with each political party or caucus grouped together. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... The Right Honourable Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC, (born 27 February 1941), invariably known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician, who was leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 until 1999. ... The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK government department, first created in September 1793 (relaunched in 1889) and called the Board of Agriculture. ... Rt. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Department for Work and Pensions is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security. ... Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of knowledge attained by verifiable means. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a level of technological mastery sufficient to leave the surface of the planet for the first time and explore space. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons. ... The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs is a United Kingdom cabinet position. ... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... The human eye. ... Visual impairment is the functional loss of vision. ... Bowl of Hygeia Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον = drug) is a transitional field between health sciences and chemical sciences and a profession charged with ensuring the safe use of medication. ...

He has been married to Catherine Netherton since 1987 and they have a son and a daughter; they live in the constituency at Witham Friary. He was the chairman of the Avon and Somerset Police Authority for three years from 1993. He became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1989 and he used to breed pigs. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Witham Friary is a small villiage between the Somerset (England) towns of Frome and Bruton. ... Avon & Somerset Constabulary is a police force in England covering the county of Somerset and the districts of South Gloucestershire, Bristol, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset; these districts were the now defunct county of Avon hence the forces name. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Species Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. ...

External links

• David Heath MP official site
• David Heath MP profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
• ePolitix.com - David Heath MP
• Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - David Heath MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - David Heath MP
• The Public Whip - David Heath MP voting record
• BBC News - David Heath MP profile 10 February 2005

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