Colin Breed

Liberal Democrat MP South East Cornwall

Date of birth

4 May 1947

Political profile

Colin Breed successfully translated a high profile, if small scale, local government career into parliamentary success at his first attempt in 1997, and held his seat in 2001.

As a former bank manager, he was placed on the Liberal Democrat's trade and industry team where he produced a report on supermarket pricing which helped prompt a Competition Commission inquiry.

He became the party's lead agriculture spokesman, but was demoted to number two team after the 2001 election before becoming a junior defence spokesman.

A methodist lay preacher, he is one of the more socially conservative Liberal Democrat MPs, and voted against equalising the age of consent for homosexuals and heterosexuals.

Contact

Constituency office 01579 342150

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