1. Gareth Alan Johnson was born on 12 October 1969 and is a British politician and former lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament for Dartford from 2010 to 2024.
14 Facts About Gareth Johnson
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Gareth Johnson was born in Bromley on 12 October 1969, the son of a milkman.
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In local elections Gareth Johnson stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the Danson ward of the London Borough of Bexley in 1994, before being elected in the Christchurch ward in 1998.
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Gareth Johnson served one term of four years and did not stand for re-election in 2002.
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Gareth Johnson served as Constituency chairman for the Conservative Party in Bexley.
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Gareth Johnson is listed as being the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Dominican Republic in December 2015.
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Gareth Johnson previously served as the vice-chairman of both the Retail APPG and the British Sikhs APPG.
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Gareth Johnson has previously been a member of both the Child and Youth Crime APPG and the BBC APPG.
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In January 2016, Gareth Johnson led a Westminster Hall debate on congestion at the Dartford Crossing.
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Gareth Johnson has previously served on the Justice Select Committee, the Human Rights and the Science and Technology Select Committee.
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Gareth Johnson was appointed Assistant Government Whip in November 2018, resigning on 14 January 2019 in disagreement with Prime Minister Theresa May's policy for Britain leaving the European Union.
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Gareth Johnson was appointed Assistant Government Whip in the September 2021 cabinet reshuffle.
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Gareth Johnson endorsed Boris Johnson in the October 2022 Conservative Party Leadership Election, but he did not end up standing.
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Gareth Johnson was listed in a 2015 article in The Daily Telegraph criticising the practice of MPs employing family members, on the lines that it promotes nepotism.