Gavin Williamson Biography
Gavin Williamson was born Gavin Alexander Williamson is a Conservative politician from Britain. He is the current Secretary of State for Defence since 2017.
He has served as Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire since 2010.
Gavin Williamson Age
Williamson was born on 25 June 1976, Scarborough, United Kingdom.
Gavin Williamson Height
He stands at a fair height and fair body weight.
Gavin Williamson Family
He was originally from Scarborough in North Yorkshire. He was born to Ray and Beverly Williamson. His father, Ray, was a local government worker. His mother, Beverly, was a job center worker. Both his parents were supporters of the Labour Party. He was educated in his hometown of Scarborough.
Gavin Williamson Wife
He is married to Joanne Eland. She is a former primary school teacher. Together, they have two children, both daughters. Their daughters’ names are Annabel and Grace.
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He was selected to be the Conservative candidate in South Staffordshire for the 2010 general election. This was in January of 2010. He was successful in his bid and was elected to have a majority of 16,590 votes. His maiden speech came on the 8th of June in 2010. He stated his liking for the Department of Business, Innovation, and Skills.
He further went on to state his desire to one day head the department. He called for a new law that would curb car boot sales that disrupted traffic in July of 2010. He cited villages in his constituency as examples of those affected by the car boot sales. He was one of several MPs who were not present during the important 21st March 2011 vote on supporting UN-backed action in Libya. The vote was passed 557-13.
He was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hugo Swire, the Minister of State for Northern Ireland. This was in October of 2011. He became PPS to Secretary of State, Patrick McLoughlin, in September of 2012. He became PPS to the Prime Minister, David Cameron in 2013.
He was a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee in Parliament. In addition, he was Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Motor Neurone Disease.
He supported the UK’s remain campaign during the 2016 EU membership referendum.
He voted against investigating Tony Blair’s role in the Iraq War.
He became Theresa May’s parliamentary campaign manager after David Cameron’s resignation. After May became Prime Minister, he was appointed Chief Whip.
On the 2nd of November in 2017, he was appointed Secretary of State for Defence. This was after the resignation of Sir Michael Fallon.
He strongly criticized Russia in the wake of the Salisbury poisoning on the 15th of March in 2018. His remarks were ‘frankly, Russia should go away and it should shut up’. The statement was met by media attention and criticism in the UK. His remarks were quoted by Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko who posted a comment on his Twitter account.
He expressed grave and deep concerns about the Chinese company Huawei providing technical know-how to upgrade Britain’s services to 5G. This was in December of 2018. He accused China of sometimes having unethical business practices. His comments were met with harsh critique from the people of China led by their Defence Ministry spokesman.
He delivered the speech ‘Defence in Global Britain’ on the 11th of February, 2019. The speech outlined the UK’s Armed Force’s future direction. The speech subsequently led to the collapse of trade talks between Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua and finance minister Phillip Hammond.
Gavin Williamson State Secretary for Defense.
Gavin Williamson Awards
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire(CBE) ‘for political and public service’ in the 2016 Prime Minister’s Resignation Honours.