Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gordon Birtwistle (b. 6 September 1943) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Burnley, England, from May 2010. He currently serves as PPS to Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Birtwistle took Burnley from Labour for the Liberal Democrats in the 2010 General Election, with a 12% swing and 1,818 majority. Gordon started as a craft engineering apprentice in 1958 with Howard & Bullough who were textile machinery manufacturers in Accrington. He studied engineering at Accrington College on one day release and two nights a week and achieved two higher nationals, one in mechanical engineering and one in production engineering.