1. David John Warburton was born on 28 October 1965 and is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome from 2015 until his resignation in 2023.
22 Facts About David Warburton
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On 17 June 2023, Warburton announced his resignation as an MP, triggering a by-election.
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David Warburton was born on 28 October 1965 in Reading, Berkshire.
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David Warburton was the composition faculty representative on the Student Association Committee.
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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.
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David Warburton founded The Music Solution Ltd in 1999, initially providing downloadable music content to mobile phone networks and brands.
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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.
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In 2009, David Warburton set up the listed building property restoration and development companies Oflang Ltd.
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David Warburton was Treasurer of Wells Conservative Association from 2009 to 2010 and its Political Deputy Chairman and Constituency Spokesperson from 2010 to 2012.
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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, the APPG for Small and Micro Business.
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David Warburton was Secretary of the APPG on Eggs, Pigs and Poultry, and Treasurer of the APPG for Taxation.
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David Warburton sat on the European Scrutiny Committee, and between 2016 and 2017 chaired the British Council's Building Resilience to Radicalisation Inquiry, exploring the roots of extremism and drivers of radicalisation as set out in the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism.
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David Warburton was listed in Daily Telegraph and Guardian articles in 2015 criticising the practice of MPs employing family members, on the grounds that it promotes nepotism.
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In September 2019, David Warburton said, in response to Adam Boyden, his Liberal Democrat opponent, that his family had received death threats over the issue of Brexit.
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David Warburton received the loan in August 2017, through a Seychelles shell company, and said did not declare it because it was "entirely unconnected with either my role as an MP or any parliamentary activities".
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In January 2023, David Warburton revealed his intention to seek re-election at the 2024 general election.
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On 17 June 2023, David Warburton announced his intention to resign to the Mail on Sunday, claiming that the parliamentary harassment watchdog denied him a fair hearing over claims he harassed two women.
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David Warburton admitted to taking cocaine after drinking whisky with a third woman.
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David Warburton married public relations professional Harriet Baker-Bates was born on 1969 and in 2002.
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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.
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David Warburton is a member of Mensa, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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David Warburton was a Trustee of British Youth Music Theatre.