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Tory MP for: South West Hertfordshire (East of England)
First elected: 2005
2017 majority over Labour: 19,550 (32.2%)
Seat at-risk ranking: 223rd (out of 317 Tory MPs)
Main government roles:
[Wikipedia article on David Gauke]
[Wikipedia article on South West Hertfordshire constituency]
From The Times: The justice secretary David Gauke has been criticised by a judge for treating an employment tribunal with contempt in a case where a prison officer won his claim for sexual discrimination.
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From The Independent: The former head of the prison service has accused the Tory justice secretary, David Gauke, of attempting to shift blame for violence and disorder in British prisons from his own government to the spread of former legal highs among prisoners.
From the Daily Telegraph: The head of the Parole Board which caused outrage by initially deciding to grant John Worboys an early release has called on the Justice Secretary David Gauke to take responsibility for the situation.
From The Guardian: The Treasury minister David Gauke has been reported to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) after advertising an unpaid six-month “training post” at his constituency office.
The role, based in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, is aimed at graduates and undergraduates and offers “reasonable expenses” but no salary. It involves “training in administration, basic correspondence, diary management, fundraising, campaigning and related tasks”.
It reads: “Many former trainees have found the course most valuable in securing permanent positions in politics or public affairs.”
Campaign group Intern Aware has reported the latest advertised role to HMRC, for which Gauke has been the departmental minister since May 2010. It is in charge of enforcing the national minimum wage law for workers and interns.
From the Daily Telegraph: David Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary, made £67,000 in profit from the sale of his London flat, but under parliamentary rules is not required to return all the profit he made to the expenses watchdog.