Gordon Birtwistle
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Gordon Birtwistle is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former MP. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Burnley, England, from May 2010 to May 2015. He was Parliamentary Priv
Birtwistle in 2010
Julie Cooper (politician)
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Julie Elizabeth Cooper is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Burnley from 2015 to 2019.
Gordon Birtwistle
…cancelled, after he posted a controversial cartoon of Jesus and Muhammad on Twitter. At the 2015 general election, Birtwistle lost his seat to Labour's Julie Cooper, who had also stood in 2010. However, the 6.2% swing away from Birtwistle was less than half the 15.2% national swing against his party. Birtwistle…
Official portrait, 2017