TWIGG, Derek

Member for Halton since 1997. Committees: Member, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee 2009-10; Member, Public accounts Select Committee 1998-99. Political career: Shadow Minister for Health since 2010; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence 2006-08; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport 2005-06; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills 2004-05; Government Whip 2002-04; Assistant Government Whip 2002-03; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Stephen Byers as Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001-02; Minister of State, Department for Trade and Industry 1999-2001; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Helen Liddell 1999-2000; Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1999. Special political interests: Economy, education, poverty, housing, health. Profession/Trade: Civil servant. Education: Halton College of Further Education; Bankfield High School, Widnes. Hobbies: Various sporting activities, walking, military history. b. 9 July 1959, Widnes, Cheshire.