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Gareth Epps -
Reading East |
Occupation: Community Relations Manager
Education: Magdalen College School, Oxford; University of Manchester
Experience: Member of the Tax Commission. Former member, Federal Executive and Policy Committees. Sabbatical officer for Liberal Democrat Youth & Students, 1996-7
Parliamentary Experience: Candidate in Witney, 2001
Interests: Cricket (and sport in general), live music, real ale.
Gareth Epps lives near the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Born and brought up in the Cotswolds, Gareth worked for the Liberal Democrats and then as a freelance for six years before joining a Reading-based public relations company in 2002. He now works for a major infrastructure project, specialising in community consultation.
Gareth first joined the Liberal Democrats in 1992 and became active as a response to the then Conservative Government's attacks on civil liberties. He was elected to West Oxfordshire District Council in 2000 and stood against David Cameron in Witney in 2001, increasing the Lib Dem share of the vote.
Gareth has served at just about every level within the Liberal Democrats in the last ten years. His key policy interests include transport, international affairs and the environment. He has argued from his time on the Lib Dem Youth & Students' executive that university tuition fees and, more lately, top-up fees should be axed.
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