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  Heath, David
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NameDavid Heath
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Emaildavidheath@davidheath.co.uk
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Born March 16, 1954 (70 years)
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InfoEducation: Millfield School, St John's College, Oxford

Experience: Registered optician, Parliamentary Consultant to the World Wide Fund for Nature 1990-91, Member of Audit Commission 1994-1997.

Council Experience: Elected to Somerset County Council 1985-97, Leader of the Council 1985-89, Leader of the Opposition 1989-91, Chairman of Avon and Somerset Police Authority 1993-1996.

Parliamentary Experience: 2002-05 Shadow Ministerial Spokesman, Home Office; 2002-05 Shadow Spokesman for Department of Constitutional Affairs, and for Science. In the 2001-2005 Parliament, Standards & Privileges and Science & Technology Select Committees

Memberships: In the 2001-2005 Parliament, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health & Visual Impairment. Member, All Party Groups on Pharmacy, Diabetes, United Nations, Romania. Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE

Marital status/children: Married, two children

David Heath was born on 16th March 1954 in Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset. He attended Millfield School and went on to study at St John's College Oxford, (MA Physiological Sciences) and the City University, London. On leaving University in 1979, he went into practice as a registered optician.
His political career began in 1985, when he was elected to Somerset County Council as a Liberal, remaining on the county council continuously until May 1997. He served as Leader of the Council from 1985 to 1989, and leader of the opposition from 1989 to 1991. In 1989 he was awarded the CBE for political service.
In 1990-91 he worked as parliamentary consultant to the World Wide Fund for Nature, and in the 1992 general election contested Somerton and Frome Constituency for the first time. He served as Chairman of Avon and Somerset Police Authority from 1993 to 1996, and Chairman of Somerset County Council's Education committee in 1996-97. He was also vice chairman of the Association of County Councils 1994-97, and was a Member of the Audit Commission 1994-97. Since July 1997, he has been a Vice-President of the Local Government Association.
At the 1997 general election, he was elected as MP for Somerton and Frome. He was the Liberal Democrat frontbench spokesman on Foreign Affairs and then spokesman for Agriculture and Rural Affairs. He was also selected as the Liberal Democrat Member of the Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also was invited to sit on the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe), a position he continues to hold.
After the 2001 General Election, David became the Liberal Democrat spokesman for Work, as part of the shadow Work & Pensions team. He was elected to the influential Standards & Privileges Committee in November 2001, which is responsible for monitoring MPs' behaviour. He was also elected to the Commons Science & Technology Committee in November 2001. In autumn 2001 he was appointed the Liberal Democrat Shadow Science Minister, and in early 2002 was also invited to be the party spokesman on the Lord Chancellors Department in the House of Commons.
David is married and has two children aged 13 and 10. He lives in the heart of the constituency at Witham Friary between Frome and Bruton.


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