Stephen Twigg
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Stephen Twigg is a British Labour Co-op politician who has served as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association since August 2020. He served as Member of Parliament for En
Official portrait, 2017
Twigg speaking in 2013
Portillo moment
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The Portillo moment was the declaration of the result for the Enfield Southgate constituency in the 1997 general election, at 3:01 a.m. on 2 May 1997. The Labour Party candidate, Stephen Twigg, defeat
Stephen Twigg
…Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005, and for Liverpool West Derby from 2010 to 2019. He came to national prominence in 1997 by winning the seat of Defence Secretary Michael Portillo. Twigg was made the Minister of State for School Standards in 2004, a job he held until he lost his seat in 2005…
Michael Portillo, the namesake of the scenario, who lost his safe seat of Enfield Southgate in 1997
Grant Shapps sitting with Michael Portillo. Shapps' own defeat in 2024 was described as a Portillo moment.