Gavin Laurence Barwell, Baron Barwell was born on 23 January 1972 and is a British politician and former Downing Street Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Theresa May A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from 2010 until 2017.
28 Facts About Gavin Barwell
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Gavin Barwell was a councillor in the London Borough of Croydon between 1998 and 2010.
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Gavin Barwell was sworn into the Privy Council on 14 June 2017, alongside fellow Conservative minister Mel Stride.
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Gavin Laurence Barwell was born in January 1972 in Cuckfield, West Sussex, and subsequently moved to Croydon, South London, where he was educated at the Trinity School of John Whitgift.
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Gavin Barwell read for a degree in Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Union, and graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1993.
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Gavin Barwell worked at the Conservative Research Department from 1993 to 1995 as a desk officer in the home affairs section responsible for housing, local government, the environment and inner cities.
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Gavin Barwell replaced James Gray as Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Environment John Gummer from 1995 to 1997, and was the Head of Local Government from 1998 to 2003.
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Gavin Barwell served as the Chief Operating Officer in the Campaigns Headquarters between 2003 and 2006 before being employed as a "consultant" until 2010.
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Gavin Barwell worked with Deputy Party Chairman Lord Ashcroft's target seat scheme, and significantly contributed to the Conservatives' 2010 general election plan.
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In May 1998, Gavin Barwell was elected to Croydon Council representing the Woodcote and Coulsdon West ward.
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Gavin Barwell was chosen as the parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party in Croydon Central.
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Gavin Barwell was a member of the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee and the Draft Lords Reform Bill Joint Committee and, until October 2013, Barwell was Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils.
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On 14 June 2012, Gavin Barwell announced that, having come fourth in the Private Members Bill ballot, he would introduce the Mental Health Bill.
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Lillian's Law is a law-reform campaign named after Lillian Groves, a 14-year-old constituent of Gavin Barwell's who was killed outside her home in New Addington by a driver under the influence of drugs.
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Gavin Barwell was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment, reduced to four months by entering a plea of guilty at the earliest opportunity.
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Gavin Barwell successfully lobbied the Prime Minister, David Cameron to introduce legislation to make driving under the influence of drugs a similar offence to driving under the influence of alcohol.
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Gavin Barwell was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Greg Clark, Minister for Cities and Decentralisation.
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At the 2015 election, Gavin Barwell retained his seat with a majority of just 165.
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At the 2017 general election held just 15 months later, Gavin Barwell lost his marginal seat.
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Gavin Barwell was Minister of State for Housing and Planning and Minister for London from July 2016 to June 2017.
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The claims relate to the number of leaflets Gavin Barwell delivered in his constituency, as undelivered election material does not fall under the election spending limit.
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Gavin Barwell denied the claims, saying he followed 'proper process' when filing the election expenses.
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Gavin Barwell was found in a separate investigation to be in breach of the Code of Conduct by Kathryn Hudson, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
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In June 2021, Gavin Barwell was invited to give evidence at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry along with 4 other MPs.
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Gavin Barwell returned the full amount to IPSA upon his appointment as Downing Street chief of staff.
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On 10 June 2017, Theresa May appointed Gavin Barwell Downing Street Chief of Staff.
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Gavin Barwell was nominated for a life peerage in Theresa May's Resignation Honours List in September 2019.
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Gavin Barwell was created Baron Barwell, of Croydon in the London Borough of Croydon, on 7 October 2019.