Born in Grimsby,Plaskitt was educated at the Pilgrim School (then a grammar school that became a comprehensive upper school in 1974 and closed down and now has the Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory School on the former site and council offices) on Brickhill Drive in Brickhill,Bedford and went up to University College,Oxford to read PPE and gained an MA. He graduated in 1976 and subsequently took a MPhil in Politics before taking up a lectureship at University College until 1979. He moved to Brunel University for four years as a lecturer in Government and then to Christ Church,Oxford from 1984 to 1986 as a lecturer. From 1985 he was a business analyst for Oxford Analytica,joining as a business consultant and later becoming consultancy director.[citation needed]
Plaskitt lost to the Conservative candidate,Chris White in the 2010 general election by 3,513 votes,a swing to the Conservatives of 8.2%. The Warwick and Leamington constituency saw a very high 71% turnout.[5]
Other work
Since leaving Parliament,he has co-written The Pigeon House,published in 2011.[6]
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