 david william st. john heath cbe (born 16 march 1954) is a british liberal democrat politician. he is the member of parliament (mp) for somerton and frome and was the minister of state for agriculture and food. in october 2013 after being removed from his ministerial post in a reshuffle, he announced his intention to step down at the next uk general election. ==early life== heath was born in westbury-sub-mendip in the mendip hills of somerset. he was educated at millfield preparatory school and then millfield school, an independent school in street, somerset. he then studied at st john's college at the university of oxford, where he was awarded a ma in physiological sciences. he went on to study ophthalmic optics at the [[city un
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