# Steve Gilbert > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Steve_Gilbert > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Steve_Gilbert.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gilbert > Source revision: 1348403718 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British politician}} {{Other people|Stephen Gilbert}} {{Use British English|date=July 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | image = Steve Gilbert Mugshot.JPG | office = [Parliamentary Private Secretary](/source/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary) to the [Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_and_Climate_Change) | prime_minister = [David Cameron](/source/David_Cameron) | term_start = 11 September 2012 | term_end = 9 January 2014 | predecessor = [Duncan Hames](/source/Duncan_Hames) | successor = [Stephen Lloyd](/source/Stephen_Lloyd) | office1 = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom))
for [St Austell and Newquay](/source/St_Austell_and_Newquay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | parliament1 = | majority1 = 1,312 (2.8%) | predecessor1 = Constituency Created | successor1 = [Steve Double](/source/Steve_Double) | term_start1 = 6 May 2010 | term_end1 = 30 March 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|11|6}} | birth_place = [Truro](/source/Truro), Cornwall, England | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = [Liberal Democrat](/source/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)) | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Aberystwyth University, London School of Economics | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = [http://www.stephengilbert.org.uk/ stephengilbert.org.uk] | footnotes = | caption = Gilbert in 2010 }} '''Stephen David John Gilbert''' (born 6 November 1976) is a British [Liberal Democrat](/source/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)) politician. He was elected at the [2010 general election](/source/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election) the [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for the new constituency of [St Austell and Newquay](/source/St_Austell_and_Newquay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)),{{cite news |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e36.stm |title= Election 2010: St Austell & Newquay|date=7 May 2010|last=Staff |work=BBC News|publisher=BBC |access-date=9 May 2010}} but lost his seat at the [2015 general election](/source/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election) to the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) candidate [Steve Double](/source/Steve_Double).{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000961 | title = St Austell & Newquay Parliamentary constituency | work = Election 2015 | publisher = BBC News | accessdate = 16 May 2015 }} He now teaches politics at [Highgate School](/source/Highgate_School), having previously taught history and politics at the [King's School, Worcester](/source/King's_School%2C_Worcester). ==Background== Gilbert was born in [Truro](/source/Truro), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall) and was educated at schools in [Lostwithiel](/source/Lostwithiel), [Fowey](/source/Fowey) and [St Austell](/source/St_Austell). He went on to study International Politics at [University of Wales, Aberystwyth](/source/University_of_Wales%2C_Aberystwyth) and completed a master's degree, also in International Politics, at the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics).{{cite web|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/stephen-gilbert/ |title=Stephen Gilbert}} He is a former [Restormel Borough Council](/source/Restormel_Borough_Council)lor, whose area overlaps considerably with the constituency, and a former [Haringey Borough Councillor](/source/London_Borough_of_Haringey). Briefly working in the [Westminster](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) office of the then Liberal Democrat MP, [Lembit Öpik](/source/Lembit_%C3%96pik), and he also worked as a public affairs consultant for a financial services company in London.{{cite web |url= http://www.stephengilbert.org.uk/pages/Background.html |title=Steve Gilbert background}} Gilbert was one of 24 openly gay MPs in the House of Commons during the [2010–15 term](/source/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2010_United_Kingdom_general_election).{{cite web|last=Geen |first=Jessica |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/12/23/lib-dem-mp-steve-gilbert-calls-for-progress-on-gay-marriage/ |title=Lib Dem MP Steve Gilbert calls for progress on gay marriage |publisher=PinkNews.co.uk |date= 23 December 2010|accessdate=5 February 2012}} ==Parliamentary career== He was first elected to Parliament in 2010 as MP for the new constituency of [St Austell and Newquay](/source/St_Austell_and_Newquay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) with a majority of 1,312. On being elected, he was appointed to the [Select Committee for Communities and Local Government](/source/Housing%2C_Communities_and_Local_Government_Committee). He has also served as a Junior Government Whip and as chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing. In September 2012 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Energy & Climate Change Secretary of State [Ed Davey](/source/Ed_Davey). He was also a member of the [Public Bill Committee](/source/Public_Bill_Committee) for the [Defence Reform Act 2014.](/source/Defence_Reform_Act_2014.){{cite web|url=http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/defencereform/committees/houseofcommonspublicbillcommitteeonthedefencereformbill201314.html|title=House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Defence Reform Bill 2013–14 |publisher=Parliament.uk |date= |accessdate=17 September 2013}} In 2013 he helped rescue a woman from the River Thames, throwing a lifebuoy after spotting what he had first thought was a body floating past the House of Commons terrace, as he enjoyed a cigarette.{{cite news|title=MP Stephen Gilbert helps save woman from River Thames|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24634352|accessdate=24 March 2015|date=23 October 2013|publisher=BBC News}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== * [http://www.stephengilbert.org.uk/ Stephen Gilbert MP] ''official website'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100713162052/http://www.libdemvoice.org/author/stephen-gilbert/ Column archives] at the ''Liberal Democrat Voice'' * {{UK MP links | parliament = stephen-gilbert/4101 | hansard = | hansardcurr = | guardian = 11643/stephen-gilbert | publicwhip = Stephen_Gilbert| theywork = stephen_gilbert| record = Stephen-Gilbert/St-Austell-and-Newquay/1179 | bbc = 62678.stm | journalisted =}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-new | constituency}} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for [St Austell and Newquay](/source/St_Austell_and_Newquay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | years = [2010](/source/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election)–[2015](/source/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election) }} {{s-aft | after = [Steve Double](/source/Steve_Double) }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Steve}} Category:1976 births Category:Alumni of Aberystwyth University Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics Category:Councillors in Cornwall Category:People from Truro Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Haringey Category:English gay politicians Category:Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors Category:Living people Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall Category:UK MPs 2010–2015 Category:LGBTQ members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:British educators --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Steve Gilbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gilbert) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gilbert?action=history)). 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