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  Oliver Letwin
Dorset West
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Elected in 2001? Yes
Personal details
Married September 15, 1984, Isabel Grace Davidson (1 son 1 daughter)
Son of Professor William Letwin and late Dr Shirley Robin Letwin.

Education
Eton College
Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD)London Business School.

Non-political career
Visiting fellow (Procter Fellow), Princeton University, USA 1980-81
Research fellow, Darwin College, Cambridge 1981-82
Special adviser to Sir Keith Joseph as Secretary of State for Education 1982-83
Special adviser, Prime Minister's Policy Unit 1983-86
N. M. Rothschild & Son, Merchant Bank 1986-: Manager 1986
Assistant Director 1987
Director 1991-present.

Electoral history
Contested Hackney North 1987, Hampstead and Highgate 1992 general elections. Member for West Dorset since May 1, 1997.

Political career
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2000-. Spokesman: Opposition Front Bench Spokesman for: Constitutional Affairs, Scotland and Wales 1998-99
the Treasury 1999-2000.

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