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style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Harrogate_and_Knaresborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrogate and Knaresborough</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />4 July 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jones_(British_politician)" title="Andrew Jones (British politician)">Andrew Jones</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">8,238 (15.9%)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Thomas Anthony Gordon</div><br /><a href="/wiki/Knottingley" title="Knottingley">Knottingley</a>, West Yorkshire, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_University" title="Newcastle University">Newcastle University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tomgordon.org.uk">www<wbr />.tomgordon<wbr />.org<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Anthony Gordon</b> is a British <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> politician who has served as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Harrogate_and_Knaresborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrogate and Knaresborough</a> since 2024. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div 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He went on to study for a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Public Health">Master of Public Health</a> (MPH) degree also at Newcastle, which he completed part-time due to his mother's battle with breast cancer, which he says inspired his entry into politics.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Adele Hayes, is a councillor for <a href="/wiki/Knottingley_(electoral_ward)" title="Knottingley (electoral ward)">Knottingley</a> on <a href="/wiki/Wakefield_Council" title="Wakefield Council">Wakefield Council</a>. </p><p>Before entering Parliament, Gordon worked in the scientific recruitment and health services research sector,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as policy roles in the charitable sector, including for the <a href="/wiki/Carers_Trust" title="Carers Trust">Carers Trust</a>, and as a researcher for a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">member of the European Parliament</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Gordon_(British_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While at university, he was elected as a councillor for Manor Park on <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_City_Council" title="Newcastle City Council">Newcastle City Council</a> in 2018, serving for one year. Afterwards, he returned to Knottingley after taking a job at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_York" title="University of York">University of York</a> and stood for election in <a href="/wiki/Knottingley_(electoral_ward)" title="Knottingley (electoral ward)">Knottingley</a> on <a href="/wiki/Wakefield_Council" title="Wakefield Council">Wakefield Council</a>, achieving a 54.2-per-cent swing from <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Party UK">Labour</a> and becoming the first Liberal Democrat elected to Wakefield Council since 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was chosen as the Liberal Democrats' candidate for the <a href="/wiki/2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election" title="2021 Batley and Spen by-election">2021 Batley and Spen by-election</a>, after the initial candidate Jo Conchie withdrew due to health reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had previously stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for <a href="/wiki/Normanton,_Pontefract_and_Castleford" class="mw-redirect" title="Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford">Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 United Kingdom general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gordon was chosen as the party's candidate for the constituency of <a href="/wiki/Harrogate_and_Knaresborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrogate and Knaresborough</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he won with 23,976 votes (46.1 per cent) at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his election he joined the <a href="/wiki/Science,_Innovation_and_Technology_Select_Committee" title="Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee">Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Gordon_(British_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon is <a href="/wiki/Gay_men" title="Gay men">gay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also a keen badminton player and runner, regularly participating in <a href="/wiki/Parkrun" title="Parkrun">Parkrun</a> events,<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had completed more than a dozen long distance charity runs as of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Gordon_(British_politician)&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, including marathons in Paris and Berlin, to raise money for charity.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Gordon_(British_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament+Website&rft.atitle=Science%2C+Innovation+and+Technology+Committee+Membership&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcommittees.parliament.uk%2Fcommittee%2F135%2Fscience-innovation-and-technology-committee%2Fmembership%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATom+Gordon+%28British+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGordon2020" class="citation web cs1">Gordon, Tom [@tomgordonLD] (17 March 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20240709231746/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://x.com/tomgordonLD/status/1239840883303944192">"Time for another overshare: So stress triggers my IBS. Yes, I a gay man have IBS - it is just great. The lack of toilet roll is stressing me out... See where I'm going with this? Please do not panic buy"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/tomgordonLD/status/1239840883303944192">the original</a> on 9 July 2024 – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Time+for+another+overshare%3A+So+stress+triggers+my+IBS.+Yes%2C+I+a+gay+man+have+IBS+-+it+is+just+great.+The+lack+of+toilet+roll+is+stressing+me+out...+See+where+I%27m+going+with+this%3F+Please+do+not+panic+buy.&rft.date=2020-03-17&rft.aulast=Gordon&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FtomgordonLD%2Fstatus%2F1239840883303944192&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATom+Gordon+%28British+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGordon2024" class="citation web cs1">Gordon, Tom [@tomgordonLD] (6 July 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/tomgordonLD/status/1809527047875641831">"Park run this morning 🏃‍♂️Genuinely overwhelmed with how lovely everyone was saying congrats & shaking my hand 👏 Happy to prove a few people wrong, who said they expected me to never show up again now that I was elected 🤣Time to show we can do politics differently 🔶"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Park+run+this+morning+%F0%9F%8F%83%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8FGenuinely+overwhelmed+with+how+lovely+everyone+was+saying+congrats+%26+shaking+my+hand+%F0%9F%91%8F+Happy+to+prove+a+few+people+wrong%2C+who+said+they+expected+me+to+never+show+up+again+now+that+I+was+elected+%F0%9F%A4%A3Time+to+show+we+can+do+politics+differently+%F0%9F%94%B6&rft.date=2024-07-06&rft.aulast=Gordon&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FtomgordonLD%2Fstatus%2F1809527047875641831&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATom+Gordon+%28British+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.libdemvoice.org/our-new-mps-9-75609.html">"Our new MPs: David Chadwick, Manuela Perteghella, Tom Gordon"</a>. <i>Liberal Democrat Voice</i>. 8 July 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Liberal+Democrat+Voice&rft.atitle=Our+new+MPs%3A+David+Chadwick%2C+Manuela+Perteghella%2C+Tom+Gordon&rft.date=2024-07-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.libdemvoice.org%2Four-new-mps-9-75609.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATom+Gordon+%28British+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Gordon_(British_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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