Liam Fox
 | This article needs to be updated. (July 2016) |
Liam Fox[1] (born 22 September 1961 in East Kilbride, Scotland) is a British politician who was the Defence Secretary in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Woodspring constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, and since 2010 has represented North Somerset.
Liam Fox studied at the University of Glasgow and became a Conservative Party MP at the 1992 General Election. He served in the shadow cabinet from 1999 to 2010 and became Shadow Defence Secretary in December 2005. In 2005, he tried to become leader of the Conservative Party and lost to David Cameron. Fox stood for leader again in 2016, and lost to Theresa May, who became Prime Minister on 13 July 2016.
May appointed Fox as the first Secretary of State for International Trade in July 2016.
In September 2017, Fox accused the EU of trying to blackmail UK over Brexit deal.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Who is Dr Liam Fox? Leading Brexiteer and trade secretary born in Scotland and married to Jesme Baird". The Sun. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
- ↑ Walker, Peter (2017-09-01). "Liam Fox accuses EU of trying to 'blackmail' UK over Brexit deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.- 1961 births
- Living people
- Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1992–1997
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–2005
- UK MPs 2005–2010
- UK MPs 2010–2015
- UK MPs 2015–2017
- UK MPs 2017–2019
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Politicians from South Lanarkshire