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Paul Keetch
Paul Keetch
In office
2 May 1997 – present
Preceded by Sir Colin Shepherd
Constituency Hereford
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Born 21 May 1961 (1961-05-21) (age 47)
Political party Liberal Democrats
Spouse Mrs. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Keetch
Website www.paulkeetch.org.uk

Paul Stuart Keetch (born 21 May 1961, Hereford) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hereford ( ˈhɛrɨfəd is a city, Civil parish and County town of Herefordshire, England. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

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Early life

He went to Hereford High School for Boys (grammar school, since 1976 the comprehensive Aylestone School), then Hereford Sixth Form College. Hereford Sixth Form College is a Co-educational state funded Sixth form college in Hereford, England. Keetch was elected a Liberal Hereford City Councillor in 1983. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party He was a self-employed business consultant from 1979-1995. Since 1996, he has been a non-executive director of the London Computer Company.

Political career

He is Member of Parliament for Hereford, and has been since 1997. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Hereford is a Constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom comprising the City of Hereford and most of South He was the Liberal Democrat spokesman for Foreign Affairs from 1999-2001, and Defence from October 1999 until the May 2005 General Election. Defence Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general

In July 2005, Keetch succeeded Sharon Bowles MEP as Chair of the Liberal International British Group. Sharon Margaret Bowles (b 12 June 1953, Oxford) is a Liberal Democrat politician and Member of the European Parliament for the A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. The Liberal International British Group is a UK organisation which promotes the work of The Liberal International and assists with contacts between UK Liberal He also sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Foreign Affairs Committee is one of many Select Committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth He founded the Cider APPG. An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG is a grouping in the Parliament of the United Kingdom composed of politicians from all political parties.

He will step down at the next General Election [1] which under the provisions of the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949, must be held on or before 3 June 2010, barring exceptional circumstances. Leadership of the main parties David Cameron became Conservative leader in December 2005 replacing Michael Howard.

The Liberal Democrats have selected Sarah Carr as their candidate to replace Mr Keetch for the revised Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency at the General Election. Hereford and South Herefordshire will be a Constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom comprising the city of Hereford The local Conservative Party selected Jesse Norman to be their candidate. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Jesse Norman is Executive Director of Policy Exchange in the United Kingdom.

Personal life

He married Claire Elizabeth Baker on 21 December 1991 and together they have one son. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.

On 8 July 2007 he was taken seriously ill whilst travelling to the United States on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Heathrow Airport. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd (operating as Virgin Atlantic) is a British airline which is owned by Richard Branson 's Virgin Group (51% and Onboard medics treated him as the pilot turned the aeroplane back to London, and he was admitted to London Chest Hospital. The following day a spokesman described his condition as "stable", though the cause of his illness remained undetermined. [2] Doctors eventually diagnosed him with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation and fitted an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator to combat any relapses, though his condition was described as a "one-off". Ventricular fibrillation ( V-fib or VF) is a condition in which there is uncoordinated contraction of the Cardiac muscle of the ventricles in the An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator ( ICD) is a small battery -powered electrical impulse generator which is implanted in patients who are at risk of Sudden [3]

References

  1. ^ Official site - Keetch to stand down at the next election retrieved 2006-12-24
  2. ^ Staff writer. "MP still recovering in hospital", BBC News Online, 2007-07-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Retrieved on 2007-07-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.  
  3. ^ Morris, Ian. "Paul Keetch returns home to Hereford", Hereford Times Internet Edition, 2007-07-23. The Hereford Times is a weekly Tabloid newspaper published every Thursday in Hereford, England. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Retrieved on 2007-07-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.  

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