About Stephen Williams (British politician)
Stephen Roy Williams is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West from the 2005 general election until his defeat by Labour Party candidate Thangam Debbonaire in 2015. As an MP, he served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition government as Parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Department of Communities and Local Government from 2013 to 2015. He became the first MP from the Liberal Democrats or its predecessor parties to hold the seat, and the first Liberal or Liberal Democrat MP in Bristol since 1935, as well as the first openly gay Liberal Democrat MP. He won an award from World Health Organization for his advocacy of a full ban. In June 2006, Williams launched a campaign against homophobic bullying, after organising the education and skills select committee's first enquiry into bullying in schools.
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