Gordon Birtwistle | |
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 Birtwistle in 2010 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 12 May 2010 – 11 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Succeeded by | Lorely Burt |
| Member of Parliament for Burnley | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Kitty Ussher |
| Succeeded by | Julie Cooper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1943[1] Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England |
| Political party | Labour (until 1982) SDP (1982–88) Liberal Democrats (since 1988) |
Gordon Birtwistle (born 6 September 1943) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former MP. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Burnley, England, from May 2010 to May 2015. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2010 to 2012.[1][2] From 2013, he was Government Apprenticeship Ambassador to Business.