PPC: Stephen Twigg

Constituency: Liverpool West Derby

Website: www.twigg4westderby.com

Contact Number: 0151 261 9568

Address: 108 Prescot Road, Liverpool, L7 0JA

Email: stephen@twigg4westderby.com

About Stephen:

I was born in 1966 in Enfield where I attended the local comprehensive school, Southgate. I went on to study Politics & Economics at Oxford University. In 1997 I returned to Enfield Southgate to Stephen Twigg beating Michael Portillo in 1997become its first ever Labour MP, defeating the then Defence Secretary Michael Portillo in what was later voted the "3rd greatest television moment ever"!
 
I have 8 years' previous experience in Parliament where I was an active campaigner on behalf of my constituents - for example when a mother came to see me because her daughter had died during an epileptic seizure I set up an All Party Group on Epilepsy to put pressure on Government to do more. When another young constituent, Livia Galli Atkinson, was killed by a car I worked with her parents to press for firmer penalties for those who kill on our roads.
 
I was a Government Minister for 4 years - first as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons working with Robin Cook to reform Parliament and then for 3 years as Minister for Schools where I led the new primary schools' policy "Excellence and Enjoyment".

Since April 2007 I have divided my time between Liverpool and London. When I am here my flat is in Knotty Ash, round the corner from Ken Dodd's! I am a member of the West Derby Society and the Friends of Croxteth Hall & Country Park.