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{{Short description|British politician (born 1960)}} {{For|similarly-named people|David Locke (disambiguation){{!}}David Locke}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = David Lock | honorific-suffix = KC | image = | constituency_MP = [[Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Wyre Forest]] | parliament = | majority = | term_start = 1 May 1997 | term_end = 14 May 2001 | predecessor = [[Anthony Coombs (politician)|Anthony Coombs]] | successor = [[Richard Taylor (UK politician)|Richard Taylor]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|05|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | birthname = | nationality = [[United Kingdom|English]] | party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] | otherparty = | spouse = | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]; [[University of Westminster|Polytechnic of Central London]] | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | signature = | website = }} '''David Anthony Lock''' [[King's Counsel|KC]] (born 2 May 1960) is a barrister and former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician in the [[United Kingdom]]. He was educated at [[Esher Grammar School]], Woking Sixth Form College, [[Jesus College, Cambridge]] (MA theology 1982) and [[University of Westminster|Polytechnic of Central London]] (Diploma in law 1984), and went on to [[Gray's Inn]] as a Wilson Scholar in 1985.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/6/65404.stm BBC candidate profiles 2001 election]</ref> He was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Wyre Forest]] in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], but [[Unseating|lost his seat]] in the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 election]] to [[Richard Taylor (UK politician)|Richard Taylor]], the [[Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern]] candidate. He served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the [[Lord Chancellor's Department]] from July 1999 to June 2001. He became the first Labour MP in the [[Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Wyre Forest]] for many years but lost his seat when he supported changes to the accident and emergency services at [[Kidderminster Hospital|Kidderminster General Hospital]] in the face of public opposition. The downgrading of emergency services at Kidderminster were the first of many such changes across the country, many of which attracted trenchant local opposition. Following his election defeat he became a director of Searchflow Limited and founded a litigation funding company, IML Limited. In January 2002 he became Chair of the Service Authorities to the [[National Crime Squad]] and [[National Criminal Intelligence Service]] and was concerned with the merger of those bodies to become the [[Serious Organised Crime Agency]]. In late 2003 he returned to legal practice, heading up healthcare law at the law firm Mills & Reeve. He was then involved in a series of high-profile legal cases concerning healthcare and in 2008 returned to practice at the Bar. He is a member of Landmark Chambers, 180 Fleet Street, London. He was a member of the Department of Health Organ Donation Taskforce in 2008/09. He is Chair of the West Midlands Labour Finance and Industry Group and is a qualified [[paraglider]] pilot. He was made a KC in 2011 and was the Birmingham Law Society's choice of "Barrister of the Year" in April 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.no5.com/news-publications/news/david-lock-scoops-%E2%80%98barrister-of-the-year%E2%80%99-title|title=David Lock scoops 'Barrister of the Year' title|publisher=No5 Chambers|access-date=15 April 2011|archive-date=28 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628005509/http://www.no5.com/news-publications/news/david-lock-scoops-%E2%80%98barrister-of-the-year%E2%80%99-title|url-status=dead}}</ref> David Lock KC is a non-executive board director of Innovation Birmingham<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.innovationbham.com/news/charles-de-rohan-and-rick-robinson-join-the-innovation-birmingham-board/|title=Charles de Rohan and Rick Robinson join the Innovation Birmingham Board|publisher=Innovation Birmingham|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222251/https://www.innovationbham.com/news/charles-de-rohan-and-rick-robinson-join-the-innovation-birmingham-board|url-status=dead}}</ref> and also a non-executive director at [http://www.heartofengland.nhs.uk/ Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust]. He is also a Trustee of [https://www.brook.org.uk/ Brook], the sexual health advice charity for young people and a member of the British Medical Association Medical Ethics Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bma.org.uk/about-the-bma/how-we-work/professional-activities-and-special-interest/medical-ethics-committee |title=Medical Ethics Committee (MEC) |publisher=BMA |date= |accessdate=2018-12-14}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == *{{Hansard-contribs | mr-david-lock | David Lock }} {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Wyre Forest]] | years = [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]β[[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]] | before = [[Anthony Coombs (politician)|Anthony Coombs]] | after = [[Richard Taylor (UK politician)|Richard Taylor]] }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lock, David}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]] [[Category:UK MPs 1997β2001]] [[Category:Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge]] [[Category:English barristers]] [[Category:English King's Counsel]] [[Category:Alumni of the Polytechnic of Central London]]
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