16 Facts About David Warburton

David John Warburton was born on 28 October 1965 and is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome.

David Warburton was the composition faculty representative on the Student Association Committee.

David Warburton taught for five years at an inner-city mixed community school, Hurlingham and Chelsea Secondary School, as a classroom and peripatetic teacher of music.

David Warburton founded The Music Solution Ltd in 1999, initially providing downloadable music content to mobile phone networks and brands.

David Warburton featured both on the front cover of the business newspaper City AM in August 2006 under the heading "The musician who became lord of the ringtones" and in its "Job of the Week" section.

In 2009, David Warburton set up the listed building property restoration and development companies Oflang Ltd.

David Warburton was Treasurer of Wells Conservative Association from 2009 to 2010 and its Political Deputy Chairman and Constituency Spokesperson from 2010 to 2012.

David Warburton was elected the Chair of the British Council APPG, Chair of the APPG for Music and Vice-Chair of both the APPG for Blockchain and the APPG for Small and Micro Business.

David Warburton is Secretary of the APPG on Eggs, Pigs and Poultry, and Treasurer of the APPG for Taxation.

David Warburton was listed in Daily Telegraph and Guardian articles in 2015 criticising the practice of MPs employing family members, on the lines that it promotes nepotism.

In September 2019, David Warburton said that his family had received death threats over the issue of Brexit in response to Adam Boyden, his Liberal Democrat opponent.

In November 2022 Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found that in 2015 David Warburton received a 150,000 GBP loan from a Russian businessman Roman Joukovski through a Seychelles shell company and did not declare it.

David Warburton married public relations professional Harriet Baker-Bates was born on 1969 and in 2002.

David Warburton is the daughter of the diplomat Merrick Baker-Bates CMG, former Deputy High Commissioner to Malaysia and British Consul General in Los Angeles.

David Warburton is a member of Mensa, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

David Warburton is a Trustee of British Youth Music Theatre.