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Dan Rogerson

Daniel John Rogerson (born 23 July 1975 in St Austell) is a Cornish Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall from the 2005 general election until his defeat at the 2015 general election. In October 2013, he became the Liberal Democrat Minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, holding the office until losing his Parliamentary seat to Conservative candidate Scott Mann.

Dan Rogerson
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office
7 January 2015 – 8 May 2015
LeaderNick Clegg
Preceded byTim Farron (2010)
Succeeded byThe Baroness Parminter
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Resource Management
In office
7 October 2013 – 8 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byRichard Benyon
Succeeded byRory Stewart
Member of Parliament
for North Cornwall
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byPaul Tyler
Succeeded byScott Mann
Personal details
Born (1975-07-23) 23 July 1975 (age 49)
St Austell, Cornwall, England
Political partyLiberal Democrat
Spouse
Heidi Purser
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(m. 1999; div. 2021)​
Children2 sons, 1 daughter
Alma materUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth
OccupationPolitician

Early life and career

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Born in Cornwall, Rogerson grew up in Bodmin, attending Bodmin College (comprehensive school), before studying Politics at the University of Wales Aberystwyth. Whilst a student, Rogerson worked at the Proper Cornish pasty factory in Bodmin.[1]

Dan Rogerson joined the Liberal Democrats whilst still at school in 1991 to help fight for the election of Paul Tyler at the 1992 general election.[2]

He worked at Bedford Borough Council before being elected to the Council himself in 1999 for the ward of Kingsbook. He served as councillor, and later Deputy Group Leader, until 2002.[3] Following his election as a local councillor he worked in University administration.

Rogerson first stood for Parliament in 2001, contesting the North East Bedfordshire seat, increasing the Liberal Democrats' share of the vote by 2.1%.

Political career

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In the 2005 general election he was elected for the North Cornwall seat and used the Cornish language during the swearing of allegiance in Parliament along with Andrew George in an effort to support the preservation of Cornish identity and culture. In 2006 Rogerson asked the government to make 5 March a public holiday in Cornwall to recognise celebrations for St Piran's Day.[4]

Rogerson was chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on cheese, and opposed Ofcom's inclusion of cheese in its new regulations restricting television advertising of junk foods to children aged under 16.[5]

He was also a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on religious education.[6]

On 14 July 2009, Dan Rogerson presented a Cornish "breakaway" Bill to Parliament. The Bill proposed a devolved Cornish Assembly, similar to the Welsh and Scottish set-up.[7]

He was Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government[8] until the 2010 election and was the youngest male MP in the House of Commons during the 2005–2010 Parliament.[9]

He was appointed the co-chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee for Education, Families and Young People in July 2010.[10]

In the 2010 general election Dan Rogerson successfully held his seat in North Cornwall[11] with a majority of 6.36%.[12] He repeated his parliamentary oath in Cornish as he did after the previous election.[13]

In December 2010, Rogerson was one of the twenty-one Liberal Democrat MPs who voted against the tuition fee rise.[14]

In 2013, Rogerson voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in England and Wales.[15]

Following a government reshuffle, Rogerson was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Resource Management and Rural Affairs at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a role he held until the 2015 general election.[16]

In the 2015 general election, Rogerson stood for re-election as MP for North Cornwall, but was defeated by Conservative candidate Scott Mann by 6,621 votes - a swing of over 9,000.[17]

In the 2017 general election, Rogerson was nominated by the LibDems hoping to retake the seat from Scott Mann, but was not successful.

In July 2018, Rogerson announced that he would not contest the North Cornwall seat again for the following general election, stating that someone new was needed to defeat MP Scott Mann.[18] This resulted in Danny Chambers being selected for the 2019 general election.[19]

At the 2021 Cornwall Council election, he was a candidate for the Launceston South ward, but was defeated by a margin of 3 votes.[20]

Personal life

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He married Heidi Purser in August 1999 in Bodmin. They have two sons and one daughter.[8] They were divorced in 2021.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "In defence of the Cornish pasty's protected status | Dan Rogerson MP for North Cornwall". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ^ "About Dan". Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. ^ Duffett, Helen (11 December 2009). "Liberal Democrats hold Kingsbrook, Bedford Borough Council". Liberal Democrat Voice. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  4. ^ "St Piran holiday plea for county". news.bbc.co.uk. 2 March 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Rogerson calls for revision of advertising restrictions on cheese | Dan Rogerson Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall". www.danrogerson.org. 22 January 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Register Of All-Party Groups [as at 30 July 2015 ]". publications.parliament.uk. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Cornish 'breakaway' Bill for Parliament". www.thisiscornwall.co.uk. 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009.
  8. ^ a b "Dan Rogerson – Shadow Communities and Local Government Minister". www.libdems.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010.
  9. ^ "Wadebridge School students visit Parliament". www.danrogerson.org. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  10. ^ "Liberal Democrats announce backbench committees". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  11. ^ "2010 election, Cornwall North". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  12. ^ "Cornwall North". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010.
  13. ^ "MPs swear Oath of Allegiance in Cornish". Maga Kernow. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  14. ^ "Tuition fees: How Liberal Democrat MPS voted". BBC News. 9 December 2010.
  15. ^ "MP-by-MP: Gay marriage vote". BBC News. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Dan Rogerson". Gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ^ "'New Blood Needed' to fight election in North Cornwall". Cornish stuff. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  19. ^ Williams, Christine (10 April 2019). "New leader for the North Cornwall Liberal Democrats". Bude & Stratton Post. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  20. ^ "2021 Cornwall Council election: Election results for Launceston South". Cornwall Council. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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