Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough
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The Right Honourable The Lord Willis of Knaresborough |
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Member of Parliament for Harrogate and Knaresborough |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Jones |
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30 November 1941 Burnley |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
George Philip Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough (born 30 November 1941, Burnley) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrogate and Knaresborough from 1997 until retiring at the 2010 general election. Up to that date he was the chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.
He is the son of George Willis and Hannah Gillespie. He attended Burnley Grammar School on Byron Street in Burnley. He studied at the City of Leeds and Carnegie College (now the Beckett Campus of Leeds Metropolitan University) where he gained a Cert Ed in 1963. From 1963–65 he was a teacher at Middleton County Secondary Boys' School; Head of History at Moor Grange County Secondary Boys' School (closed in the 1980s) from 1965–67; Senior Master at Primrose Hill High School (became Primrose High School) on Hill Street in Mabgate from 1967–74; and Deputy Head at West Leeds Boys' Grammar School from 1974–78. In 1978 he gained a BPhil in Education from the University of Birmingham. Moving from Leeds to Teesside, he was Head Teacher of Ormesby School on Stockwith Close in Netherfields, Cleveland from 1978–82, then moved back to Leeds to become Head Teacher of John Smeaton Community High School (now called John Smeaton Academy) in Pendas Fields from 1983–97.
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