Gordon Birtwistle

Gordon Birtwistle
Birtwistle in 2010
Parliamentary Private Secretary to
the Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
12 May 2010 – 11 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Succeeded byLorely Burt
Member of Parliament
for Burnley
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byKitty Ussher
Succeeded byJulie Cooper
Personal details
Born (1943-09-06) 6 September 1943 (age 81)[1]
Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England
Political partyLabour (until 1982)
SDP (1982–88)
Liberal Democrats (since 1988)

Gordon Birtwistle (born 6 September 1943) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former MP. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Burnley, England, from May 2010 to May 2015. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2010 to 2012.[1][2] From 2013, he was Government Apprenticeship Ambassador to Business.

  1. ^ a b "Gordon Birtwistle MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
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