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Dan Rogerson MP

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Lib Dem majority: 3,076 (6%)

Constituency: Cornwall North

Region: Devon & Cornwall

PA Number: 159

Address:
Church Stile
Market Street
Launceston
PL15 8At

Tel: 01566 777123

Fax: 01566 772122

Email: rogersond@parliament.uk

Web: http://www.danrogerson.org

Council Experience: Bedford Borough Council: Councillor 1999-2002, Deputy Group Leader 2000-02

Parliamentary Experience: 2008- Shadow DCLG spokesperson, Whip, 2007- Shadow Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, 2006-07 Shadow ODPM (Local Govt etc) spokesperson, 2005-6 DEFRA spokesperson, 2005- DEFRA Select Committee

Marital status/children: Dan and his wife Heidi had a baby boy, Mawgan, in November 2004.

Interests: Fighting post office closures, local services, local taxation

RESULTS 2005 Election

Seat:

Cornwall North

Liberal Democrats

23,842 (43%)

Turnout:

55,982 (64%)

Conservative

20,766 (37%)

Swing

To follow

Labour

6,636 (12%)

Other

4,738 (8%)

BIOGRAPHY

Dan Rogerson entered Parliament at his second attempt in 2005, holding this seat for the Liberal Democrats. He has been reselected to stand here at the next general election.

After attending Bodmin College, Dan Rogerson read politics at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth. After graduating he worked for Bedford Borough Council as a researcher to the Liberal Democrat group (until he was elected to the council himself in 1999) and then as an admissions officer for De Montfort University. A fan of Terry Pratchett fantasy novels, he also enjoys blues music, political history and Celtic culture. He speaks some Cornish and is keen to promote the language as part of his commitment to diversity.

He was group deputy leader until he stood down from Bedford Council in 2002 and moved back to Cornwall as party organiser, a job he held until 2004.

As an MP his work on local issues includes: campaigns against the Council Tax and the disproportionately high water rates in Cornwall and for more affordable housing, shared equity schemes, devolution and a Cornish assembly.

He served as a member of the Culture, Media and Sport team in 2007 and is currently a Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government under Nick Clegg, who also appointed him as a Liberal Democrat Whip.. He was short-listed for ‘Maiden Speech of the Year’ in the annual parliamentary House Magazine awards.