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[[File:Gregory Barker, Minister of State of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.jpg|thumb|Gregory Barker]]'''Gregory Leonard George "Greg" Barker''' (born 1966) is a Conservative politician. He has been MP for Bexhill and Battle since 2001. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change. | [[File:Gregory Barker, Minister of State of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.jpg|thumb|Gregory Barker]]'''Gregory Leonard George "Greg" Barker''' (born 1966) is a Conservative politician. He has been MP for Bexhill and Battle since 2001. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change. | ||
| − | Greg Barker married Celeste Harrison in 1992 but they separated in 2006 and then divorced. The ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' revealed that he had left his wife and children for a man. <ref>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=it-s-such-a-shock---but-men-think-they-can-get-away-with-it-these-days---mother-in-law-georgina-&method=full&objectid=17992356&siteid=94762-name_page.html ''Daily Mirror'', 26 October 2006, "Exclusive: Top Tory dumps wife for man" </ref> ''The Sun'' reported that the man was an interior designer employed to oversee renovations on the Barkers' Peasmarsh family home.<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006490561,00.html Tom Reilly in ''The Sun'', 26 October 2006. "Gay fling for Tory MP"</ref> The Conservative Party's Equalities Manifesto in 2010 listed him as one of three openly gay front-bench Conserviative MPs | + | Greg Barker married Celeste Harrison in 1992 but they separated in 2006 and then divorced. The ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' revealed that he had left his wife and children for a man. <ref>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=it-s-such-a-shock---but-men-think-they-can-get-away-with-it-these-days---mother-in-law-georgina-&method=full&objectid=17992356&siteid=94762-name_page.html ''Daily Mirror'', 26 October 2006, "Exclusive: Top Tory dumps wife for man" </ref> ''The Sun'' reported that the man was an interior designer employed to oversee renovations on the Barkers' Peasmarsh family home.<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006490561,00.html Tom Reilly in ''The Sun'', 26 October 2006. "Gay fling for Tory MP"</ref> The Conservative Party's [[Equalities Manifesto]] in 2010 listed him as one of three openly gay front-bench Conserviative MPs.<ref>http://www.conservatives.com/news/news_stories/2010/05/~/media/Files/Downloadable%20Files/Manifesto/Equalities-Manifesto.ashx</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:48, 31 May 2012
Gregory Leonard George "Greg" Barker (born 1966) is a Conservative politician. He has been MP for Bexhill and Battle since 2001. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change.
Greg Barker married Celeste Harrison in 1992 but they separated in 2006 and then divorced. The Daily Mirror revealed that he had left his wife and children for a man. [1] The Sun reported that the man was an interior designer employed to oversee renovations on the Barkers' Peasmarsh family home.[2] The Conservative Party's Equalities Manifesto in 2010 listed him as one of three openly gay front-bench Conserviative MPs.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=it-s-such-a-shock---but-men-think-they-can-get-away-with-it-these-days---mother-in-law-georgina-&method=full&objectid=17992356&siteid=94762-name_page.html Daily Mirror, 26 October 2006, "Exclusive: Top Tory dumps wife for man"
- ↑ http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006490561,00.html Tom Reilly in The Sun, 26 October 2006. "Gay fling for Tory MP"
- ↑ http://www.conservatives.com/news/news_stories/2010/05/~/media/Files/Downloadable%20Files/Manifesto/Equalities-Manifesto.ashx
