HEATH, David CBE

Member for Somerton and Frome (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010, for Somerton and Frome 1997-2010. Committees: Member, Justice Select Committee; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment; Member, APPGs on Pharmacy, Diabetes, the United Nations, Romania. Political career: Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader of the House of Commons) since 2010; Shadow Minister for Justice 2007-08; Shadow Leader of the House 2003-07; Spokesperson on Lord Chancellors Department 2002-07; Member, Home Affairs Team 2002-06; Lib Dem Spokesman for Science 2001-03; LD Spokesperson for Shadow Work and Pensions Team 2001-02; LD Spokesperson on Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Fisheries 1999-2001; LD Shadow Science Minister 2001; LD Spokesman on Foreign Affairs 1997; Member, Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE; Member, LD Foreign Affairs, Defence and Europe Team; Member, Somerset County Council 1985-97; Member, Avon and Somerset Police Academy 1992-97; Leader, Somerset County Council 1985-89; Chair, Avon and Somerset Police Authority 1993-96; Chair, Education Committee, Somerset County Council 1996-97; Member, Audit Commission 1994-97. Special political interests: Education, local government, rural affairs. Profession/Trade: Qualified optician. Title/Honours/Decorations: CBE 1989. Education: Millfield School; St Johns College, Oxford, MA Physiological Sciences; The City University, London. Hobbies: Rugby, cricket, pig breeding. b. 16 March 1954, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset. Married with two children.