Paul Stuart Keetch (born 21 May1961, Hereford) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. used with permission courtesey of the Liberal Democrats - see Wikipedia:Pictures from libdems. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Hereford Cathedral Hereford (pronounced hěr-ə-füd or hěr-i-füd) Welsh: Henffordd (pronounced Henforth) is a city in the west of England, close to the border with Wales and on the River Wye. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...
Keetch was elected a Liberal Hereford City Councillor in 1983. He is Member of Parliament for Hereford, and has been since 1997. He was the Liberal Democrat spokesman for Defence from October 1999 until the May 2005 General Election. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which would become... 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. ... Hereford is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom comprising the City of Hereford and most of South Herefordshire, including Ross-on-Wye but excluding Ledbury and Much Marcle which are in the Leominster constituency. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In military science, defense (or defence) is the art of preventing an enemy from conquering territory. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...
In July 2005, Keetch succeeded Sharon BowlesMEP as Chair of the Liberal International British Group. He also sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee. Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sharon Margaret Bowles (born 12 June 1953 in Oxford) is a Liberal Democrat politician and Member of the European Parliament for the South East England of the United Kingdom. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... The Liberal International British Group is a UK organisation which promotes the work of The Liberal International and assists with contacts between UK Liberal Democrats and worldwide Liberal movements. ... The Foreign Affairs Committee is one of many Select Committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. ...
External links
Paul Keetch MP official site
Paul Keetch MP profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
Hereford Liberal Democrats
ePolitix.com - Paul Keetch
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Paul Keetch MP
PaulKeetch was born in Hereford, the youngest of five children.
Paul won a council election in 1983 in the Holmer ward of Hereford City Council, and at the age of 21 was the youngest person ever to be elected to the council.
Paul was selected as the Liberal Democrat PPC for Hereford in October 1993 and moved back to Hereford together with his wife Claire.
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