Personal details
B 27 November 1959, Blackburn, Lancashire; s of A B Gill
and E L Gill (Cain); m (1989) Joy Marie (McCaffrey); 3 dau
Laura, Emma and Alison.
Education and qualifications
Dovecliff Grammar School, Burton Upon Trent. Royal
Navy 1977-81; UK L A Social Services Departments 1983-
89; Suffolk College CQSW 1989-91.
Career
- IOM Government,
- Department of Home Affairs Probation Officer 1990-95;
- Personnel Office Welfare Officer 1995-96;
- Department of Health and Social Security
Social Worker 1996-2001.
Local Government, Public Bodies, charities etc
- Member Port St Mary Commissioners 2001-02.
- TA (3(V) Staffordshire Regiment)
1984-90.
- Trustee Relate (IOM) 1999-date. IOM Alcohol Advisory Service 2001-date,
- Chair Southern Befrienders.
- Representative of Tynwald to the Territorial, Auxilliary
and Volunteer Reserve Association for the North West of England and the Isle of
Man 2007 to 31 March 2010.
Parliamentary Career
- MHK (Rushen)(Ind) 2001-date.
Government posts:
- Member Department of Home Affairs 2002-04 and 2005-06,
- Department of Education 2002-05, Department of Tourism and Leisure 2006-date,
- Department of Trade and Industry 2006-date;
- House of Keys representative on
Manx Heritage Trust 2002-06;
- Public Lottery Trust 2002-06;
- Chairman Office of Fair
Trading 2004-date,
- Member Manx Heritage Foundation 2007-date.
Tynwald Committees:
- Joint Committee on Emoluments of Certain Public Servants
2002-06,
- Tynwald Honours 2002-06,
- Standing Committee on Constitutional Matters
2002-06 and 2007-date,
- Tynwald Standards and Members’ Interests 2004-06,
- Standing Committee on Expenditure and Public Accounts 2004-06 and Vice-Chairman 2007-date,
- Standing Committee on Expenditure and Public Accounts
- Sub-Committee on Ramsey Post Office 2003-06,
- Select Committee on GP Out of
Hours Services 2003-04,
- Select Committee on Health and Safety 2004-06,
- Select
Committee on the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme 2006,
- Immigration
2007-date.
Keys’ Committees:
- Consultative Committee 2002,
- Management and Members’
Standards 2003-date,
- Select Committee on Voluntary Euthanasia 2003-06,
- Standing
Orders 2006-date.
Council of Ministers’ Committees:
- Social Issues,
- War Pensions
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Member Executive Committee 2002-date
- Attended Westminster visit 2002
- Regional
Conferences United Kingdom 2003
- Falkland Islands 2004
- and Plenary Conference
Fiji 2005.
Interests
- Family,
- walking,
- Manx dancing,
- Everton Football Club