Neil Carmichael | |
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Chair of the Education Select Committee | |
In office 18 June 2015 – 3 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | Graham Stuart |
Succeeded by | Robert Halfon |
Member of Parliament for Stroud | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 3 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | David Drew |
Succeeded by | David Drew |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Hexham, Northumberland, England | 15 April 1961
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Conservative Party (until April 2019) Change UK (April 2019 – September 2019) Liberal Democrats (joined September 2019) |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
Website | www |
William Neil Carmichael[2] (born 15 April 1961)[3] is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud from 2010 until 2017. In April 2019, he announced he had left the Conservative Party; he subsequently joined Change UK for which he was an unsuccessful candidate in the East of England constituency at the 2019 European Parliament election. In September 2019, Carmichael joined the Liberal Democrats but left after one year.[citation needed]