Wiggin, Bill
Mr Bill Wiggin MP is a member of parliament for the constituency of North Herefordshire, currently he is a member of the Conservative Party and has been in office since 2001.
Biography[edit]
Bill Wiggin was born in London in 1966. He attended Eton and later read Economics at the Bangor University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Hons). He also served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers in the TA, being a platoon commander for Holyhead, Bangor and Caernarfon. Wiggin worked as a Trader in Foreign Exchange Options for UBS from 1991–3,after that he was an Associate Director of Kleinwort Benson from 1994–8, then as a manager in the Foreign Exchange department of Commerzbank from 1998.
Political Career[edit]
Bill fought the Burnley seat at the General Election in 1997. In April 1999 Bill was selected for Leominster, and was elected MP in the 2001 General Election and again in 2005 with an increased majority. Shortly after the 2005 election, Bill was reselected to fight the new North Herefordshire seat at the next General Election, which has been created from most of the existing Leominster constituency. Bill won the North Herefordshire seat in the General Election held on 6 May 2010, with a majority of almost 10,000 while securing over 50% of the votes cast.
Bill has held a number of Opposition frontbench responsibilities. In June 2003, former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith appointed Bill a Shadow Minister for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. After becoming Party Leader in November 2003, Michael Howard appointed Bill to the position of Shadow Secretary of State for Wales and after the 2005 General Election Bill was also the Shadow Environment Minister.
In December 2005, new Conservative Party leader David Cameron appointed Bill as his Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries and in the January 2009 reshuffle Bill became an Opposition Whip. Bill with David Cameron After the May 2010 General Election, new Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Bill a Government Whip.
Roles[edit]
Parliamentary career
- Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (2010-12)
- Opposition Whip (Commons) (2009-10)
- Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (2005-09)
- Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (2003-05)
- Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (2003-03)
Select committees
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (2002-05)
- Welsh Affairs Committee (2001-03)
- Transport, Local Government & The Regions (2001-02)
