Robin Teverson, Baron Teverson (born 31 March 1952) is a Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrats

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 Whip

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 and currently Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change .

The son of Crofton Teverson, he was educated at Exeter University. From 1994 to 1999, Teverson was Member of the European Parliament

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 for Cornwall and West Plymouth

Cornwall and West Plymouth (European Parliament constituency)

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, becoming one of the first two Liberal Democrats ever elected to the European Parliament

European Parliament

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. He was Chief Whip of the European Liberal Democrats from 1997 and 1999. In 1999, he was chairman of Finance South West Ltd. In May 2006, he was created a life peer

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 as Baron Teverson, of Tregony

Tregony

Tregony is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It lies on the River Fal. In the village there is a post office, shop, and two churches. Tregony has bus links to the nearest town, which is Truro. The village is made up from two parishes namely, Tregony and Cuby...

 in Cornwall

Cornwall

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Lord Teverson was married to Rosemary Anne Young from 1975 to 2005. They have two daughters Jessica and Beth. He married Terrye Lynn Jones in 2006. Terrye Teverson was the Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

 candidate for Falmouth and Camborne in 1992 and 1997, and for Truro and Falmouth in 2010.