Stephen Daniel Twigg (born 25 December 1966) is a British Labour Co-op politician who has served as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association since August 2020. He served as Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005, and for Liverpool West Derby from 2010 to 2019.
He came to national prominence in 1997 by winning the seat of Defence Secretary Michael Portillo. Twigg was made the Minister of State for School Standards in 2004, a job he held until he lost his seat in 2005.[1] He returned to parliament in 2010, after he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby when longtime MP Bob Wareing retired.
Following Ed Miliband's election to the Labour leadership, he made Twigg a Shadow Foreign Office Minister. In his October 2011 reshuffle, Miliband promoted Twigg to the post of Shadow Secretary of State for Education.[2][3] However, on 7 October 2013 he was replaced in the reshuffle.[4]
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- ^ "The Shadow Cabinet – The Labour Party". The Labour Party Web Site. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ "The new shadow cabinet – The full list". London: Guardian News and Media Limited. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ "Liverpool MP Stephen Twigg sacked from Shadow Cabinet". 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009.