Gavin Barwell

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Gavin Barwell was until May 2006 the Operations Director of the Conservative Party. He is now working for Lord Ashcroft, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, advising him on winning Conservative target seats.

Gavin was educated at Trinity School, Croydon and Trinity College, Cambridge. In Easter Term 1993, he was President of the Cambridge Union Society.

Before the 1997 UK general election, Barwell was Special Adviser to John Gummer, then Secretary of State for the Environment, on housing, local government and urban regeneration policy. He moved to Conservative Central Office, becoming Head of the Political Section in the Conservative Research Department responsible for briefing William Hague for Prime Minister's Questions. Between 1998 and 2003, he worked as Head of Local Government and then as Deputy Director with responsibility for General Election planning and local elections.

Until 2006, Barwell was Operations Director and Registered Treasurer of the Conservative Party. He was responsible for planning the party's campaign for the 2005 General Election and Party Conference and represented the Party's staff on the Board of the Party.

Barwell has been councillor for Coulsdon West in Croydon since 1998. He was Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group on Croydon Council, having previously served in a variety of front-bench roles. He was selected as Conservative candidate for Sutton and Cheam at the 2005 election but stood down for personal reasons. He has been placed on the 'A-List' of Conservative candidates ahead of the next general election [1].

He is married to Karen. They have two sons, Jack and Sam.