'John Derek Twigg' (born
9 July 1959,
Widnes) is a
Labour Party politician in the
United Kingdom. He is
Member of Parliament for
Halton in
Cheshire, and was first elected at the
1997 general election.
Between
2002 and
2004 he served as a
whip. On
16 December 2004, in the
reshuffle following the resignation of
David Blunkett, he was appointed junior education minister in the
Department for Education and Skills
In the cabinet reshuffle following the
general election in May 2005, Twigg was appointed as
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the
Department for Transport. On
6 September 2006, after the resignation of
Tom Watson, he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Veterans at the
Ministry of Defence [1]
External links
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Derek Twigg MP official site
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Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Derek Twigg MP
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TheyWorkForYou.com - Derek Twigg MP