Stephen Lloyd

Stephen Anthony Christopher Lloyd (born 15 June 1957) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and current MP for the constituency of Eastbourne in the House of Commons. Born in Kenya, Lloyd was privately educated in Surrey, before working first as a commodity broker and then in business development roles. He moved to Eastbourne to launch a political career, becoming the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate and then MP for the town. First elected in the 2010 general election, he served for all five years of the 2010-15 UK Parliament and supported the Cameron–Clegg coalition. Having lost his seat in the 2015 general election, Lloyd went on to regain it at the 2017 general election. Lloyd serves as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for the Department for Work and Pensions. 2Early life and career Lloyd was born and brought up in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya, but was educated in the UK from the age of eight at St. George's College, Weybridge in Surrey. Lloyd is hearing-impaired. At the age of six, having contracted measles, Lloyd lost all hearing in his left ear, retaining only partial hearing in his righ