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Derek Twigg

Derek Twigg MP

Labour · Widnes and Halewood · WA8 8XR

Key facts

Party Labour (Lab)
ConstituencyWidnes and Halewood
First elected1 May 1997
ResultLab Hold
GenderM
Emailderek.twigg.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 1039
Websitehttp://www.derektwigg.org

Election results

Results for Widnes and Halewood at the most recent general election.

Derek Twigg
Labour 23484 61.6%
Jake Fraser
Reform UK 7059 18.5%
Sean Houlston
Conservative 3507 9.2%
Nancy Mills
Green Party 2058 5.4%
David Coveney
Liberal Democrat 1593 4.2%
Michael Murphy
Workers Party of Britain 415 1.1%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Veterans) 6 September 2006 5 October 2008
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) 10 May 2005 6 September 2006
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills) (Schools) 16 December 2004 10 May 2005
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) 13 June 2003 16 December 2004
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) 29 May 2002 13 June 2003

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (Health) 8 October 2010 7 October 2011

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Public Accounts Committee 17 November 1998 10 June 1999
Children, Schools and Families 27 January 2009 6 May 2010
Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (Joint Committee) 4 March 2013 16 December 2013
Defence Committee 21 October 2024 Present
Defence Committee 11 May 2020 30 May 2024
Defence Committee 10 June 2013 30 March 2015
Committees on Arms Export Controls 1 July 2013 3 November 2014
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) 15 November 2017 5 November 2018
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) 30 October 2017 5 November 2018
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) 15 July 2015 3 May 2017
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) 13 July 2015 3 May 2017
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) 1 November 2017 5 November 2018
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) 30 October 2017 5 November 2018
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) 15 July 2015 3 May 2017
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) 13 July 2015 3 May 2017
Liaison Committee (Commons) 6 November 2017 5 November 2018
Liaison Committee (Commons) 10 September 2015 3 May 2017
Defence Sub-Committee 11 May 2020 30 May 2024
Panel of Chairs 30 July 2024 Present
Panel of Chairs 22 June 2020 30 May 2024
Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill 1 March 2023 8 March 2023
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) 2 December 2024 Present
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament 11 December 2024 Present

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Widnes and Halewood Present
Halton Present
Halton Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 1 May 1997 Present