 David Howarth David Ross Howarth (born November 10, 1958) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament for Cambridge. He is a lecturer in Law and Economics at the University of Cambridge where he is a Fellow of Clare College. He is married and has two children. He is the first Liberal or Liberal Democrat candidate to win Cambridge since 1906. Image courtesy Liberal Democrats. ...
November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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. ...
Cambridge is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Law (a loanword from Old Norse lagu), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, intended to provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments of/for those who...
Economics (from the Greek οίκος [oikos], house, and νομος [nomos], rule, hence household management) is a social science that studies the production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services. ...
The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...
Full name Clare College Motto - Named after Elizabeth de Clare Previous names University Hall (1326), Clare Hall (1338), Clare College (1856) Established 1326 Sister College Oriel College St Hughs College Master Prof. ...
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Education David Howarth grew up on a council estate in Walsall, going to Queen Mary's, Walsall. Attending Cambridge University, he was President of his college's Student Union. He then won a scholarship to Yale Law School. Map sources for Walsall at grid reference SP0198 Walsall Art Gallery Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ...
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Yale Law School, in New Haven, Connecticut, is a division of Yale University. ...
Interests and Membership Howarth is a member of Friends of the Earth and Amnesty International, and enjoys playing squash, running, and watching football and opera. He is an avid reader of books on philosophy and international politics. In 1995 he won the Butterworth's Prize for best new legal textbook. Friends of the Earth is an international network of environmental organizations in 70 countries. ...
Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization with the stated purpose of promoting all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. ...
Political Career Howarth was a member of Cambridge City Council from 1987 to 2004, becoming its leader when the Liberal Democrats took control in 2000. In the United Kingdom general election, 2005 he was elected Member of Parliament for Cambridge, defeating Labour MP Anne Campbell with a majority of 4,339 votes, (and winning 44% of the votes cast). Cambridge City Council is the governing body for the City of Cambridge, Ontario and Cambridge, England. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...
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. ...
Cambridge is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ...
Anne Campbell (born April 6, 1940) is an English politician. ...
Howarth served on the Liberal Democrat Party's Federal Executive and Federal Policy Committees during the 1990s. He was a leading opponent within the Lib Dems of closer links to the Labour party after the 1997 General Election, bringing him into conflict with Paddy Ashdown. 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. ...
In the Liberal Democrat leadership election following Charles Kennedy's resignation in early 2006, David was Chris Huhne's campaign manager. Liberal democracy is a form of representative democracy where elected representatives that hold the decision power are moderated by a constitution that emphasizes protecting individual liberties and the rights of minorities in society, such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of religion, the right to private property and privacy...
The 2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election was called by party leader Charles Kennedy on January 5, 2006, when, following a period of heavy speculation about both his leadership and his personal life, he called for a leadership contest to be held to allow party members to decide if his leadership...
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Chris Huhne MP Christopher Murray Paul Huhne (born 2 July 1954) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Eastleigh constituency. ...
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