David Heath (politician)

The Right Honourable David Heath CBE
Official portrait, 2012
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food
In office 4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	James Paice
Succeeded by	George Eustice
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office 14 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Barbara Keeley
Succeeded by	Tom Brake
Liberal Democrat Leader of the House of Commons
In office 8 January 2009 – 6 May 2010
Leader	Nick Clegg
Preceded by	Simon Hughes
Succeeded by	Tom Brake (2015)
In office 10 May 2005 – 20 December 2007
Leader	Charles Kennedy Menzies Campbell Vince Cable
Preceded by	Paul Tyler
Succeeded by	Simon Hughes
Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome
In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Mark Robinson
Succeeded by	David Warburton
Personal details
Born	(1954-03-16) 16 March 1954 (age 70) Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, England
Political party	Liberal Democrat
Spouse	Caroline Netherton ​ (m. 1987)​ [1]
Children	2
Alma mater	St John's College, Oxford
Occupation	MP

David William St John Heath CBE PC (born 16 March 1954) is a British optometrist and Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome from 1997 to 2015. He served as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food from September 2012 to October 2013 in the Cameron–Clegg coalition government.