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Edward Jonathan "Ed" Davey (born 25 December 1965 ) a British Member Of Parliament . He is the Liberal Democrat representative for Kingston And Surbiton and Chief of Staff to party leader Sir Menzies Campbell . EARLY LIFE As a teenager he worked in a Pork Pie factory and at Boots . In 1989 , he became an economics researcher for the Liberal Democrats (principally to Alan Beith , the party's Treasury spokesman), whilst studying at Birkbeck College, London for a Master's Degree (MSc) in Economics. During that time he proposed making the Bank of England independent, a policy enacted by the Labour Party following their election in May 1997. In 1993 , he took up the position of management consultant with Omega Partners until his election to Westminster . MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT Lib Dems Shadow Cabinet In parliament he was given a job immediately by Paddy Ashdown and became the party's spokesman on Treasury Affairs , adding the post of Whip in 1998 , and a third job to hold as the spokesman on London from 2000 . He entered the Charles Kennedy Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet following the 2001 General Election (at which he increased his majority to 15,676 over a former Conservative MP David Shaw ), and became the Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary To The Treasury until 2002 when he became the Liberal Democrat Shadow at the Office Of The Deputy Prime Minister . He was appointed Liberal Democrat Shadow Education And Skills Secretary in 2005 before becoming Liberal Democrats Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary in March 2006. In December 2006, he succeeded Norman Lamb as Chief of Staff to Sir Menzies Campbell, the party leader. Davey is Chair of the party's Campaigns and Communications Committee. PERSONAL LIFE Edward Davey was responsible for introducing the Liberal Democrat policy of ''penny on income tax to pay for education'' in (2004). In 1995 , before his election as an MP, he won a Royal Humane Society bravery award and commendation from the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police for rescuing a woman who had fallen onto the train line in the face of on oncoming train at Clapham Junction station. He speaks French , Spanish and German . REFERENCES SEE ALSO PUBLICATIONS
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