21 Facts About Gary Streeter

Sir Gary Nicholas Streeter was born on 2 October 1955 and is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Since the convening of the Fifty-fifth Parliament, Streeter has been the longest currently serving MP representing a constituency in the county of Devon.

Gary Streeter attended Tiverton Grammar School, Tiverton, Devon, where he was head boy from 1972 to 1973, then King's College London, where he gained a first-class honours law degree.

Gary Streeter served as a junior minister in the Lord Chancellor's Department under Prime Minister John Major from 1996 until the defeat of the Major Government in 1997, and was Shadow Secretary of State for International Development in the Shadow Cabinet of William Hague from 1998 until the new Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith returned him to the backbenches in 2001.

Gary Streeter is currently a member of the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission and is the member of the committee responsible for answering oral questions in Parliament on behalf of the Electoral Commission.

Gary Streeter assumed the role after Sir Peter Viggers stepped down during the MPs' expenses scandal.

In March 2012, Gary Streeter was one of three MPs who signed a letter to the Advertising Standards Authority asking it to reverse its decision to stop the Christian group "Healing on the Streets of Bath" from making explicit claims that prayer can heal.

In 2013, Gary Streeter referred to the "familiar glint in the swivelled eyes of the purists" within his own party in an article attacking the divisions caused by those activists who were calling for a referendum on EU membership.

Gary Streeter argued that the result of party infighting over the issue would be "a Labour-led government bend[ing] the knee to Brussels".

Gary Streeter was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.

In November 2018, Gary Streeter announced his support for Theresa May's Brexit agreement.

In December 2018, it was announced that Gary Streeter would receive a knighthood in the 2019 New Year Honours List.

Gary Streeter told the Press Association that he hoped his honour reflected, in part, his work over the past decade as chairman of the all-party group on Christians in Parliament and supporting new MPs once they had arrived at Westminster.

Gary Streeter was a supporter of Esther McVey during the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election and one of the proposers of her nomination.

Gary Streeter was reelected at the 2019 general election with an increased majority.

Gary Streeter briefly acted as Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means at the start of the 58th Parliament.

On 2 February 2022, Gary Streeter announced that he had submitted a letter to the chairman of the 1922 committee, seeking a motion of no confidence in the prime minister, Boris Johnson, stating that "I cannot reconcile the pain and sacrifice of the vast majority of the British Public during lockdown with the attitude and activities of those working in Downing Street".

Gary Streeter married Janet Stevens in 1978 in Barnstaple; the couple have a son and daughter, live near Plympton in Devon.

Gary Streeter is a committed Christian who believes in faith healing.

Gary Streeter polled third, behind incumbent Sir Kevin Barron and Cllr Cowles of UKIP.

In 2023, Gareth Gary Streeter was selected prospective parliamentary candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport for the next general election.