| The Right Honourable Alistair Darling MP |
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| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
Alistair Maclean Darling (born November 28, 1953) is a Scottish politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer since June 28, 2007. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of Aberdeen is an Ancient university founded in 1495, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. He is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West in Scotland. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Edinburgh South West is a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ( Westminster) first used Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
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Early life
Darling was born in London, England,[1] the son of a civil engineer, Thomas, and his wife, Anna. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He is the great-nephew of Sir William Darling who was Conservative MP for Edinburgh South (1945–1957). Sir William Young Darling ( 8 May 1885 – 4 February 1962) was the Unionist Member of Parliament in the British House He was educated in Kirkcaldy, and the private Loretto School, Musselburgh, East Lothian, then attended the University of Aberdeen where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws (LL. Kirkcaldy (kɪrˈkɔːdi Cathair Chaladain) is a town and former Royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. Loretto School is an independent school in Scotland, founded in 1827. This article is about Musselburgh in Scotland For Musselburgh in New Zealand see Suburbs of Dunedin Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian ( Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 Unitary council areas in Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. The University of Aberdeen is an Ancient university founded in 1495, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law B). He became the head of Aberdeen University Students Union. He became a solicitor in 1978, then changed course for the Scots bar and was admitted as an advocate in 1984. A "solicitor" is a term used in many Common law jurisdictions for a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts He was elected as a councillor to the Lothian Regional Council in 1982 and served until he was elected to Parliament. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories He was also a board member for the Lothian and Borders Police. Lothian and Borders Police is the Police service for the Scottish Council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian He became a governor of Napier College in 1985 for two years. Napier University is a University in Edinburgh, Scotland. History Napier University was opened as Napier Technical College
Member of Parliament
He entered Parliament at the 1987 General Election in Edinburgh Central defeating the sitting Conservative MP Sir Alexander Fletcher by 2,262 votes, and has remained an MP since. Results |} All parties gaining over 500 votes listed Campaign and policies The Conservatives' campaign emphasized lower taxes a strong economy and defence Edinburgh Central was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ( Westminster) from 1885 to 2005 The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Sir Alexander MacPherson Fletcher ( 26 August 1929 - 16 September 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician
After the creation of the Scottish Parliament the number of Scottish seats at Westminster was reduced, his Edinburgh Central seat was abolished. The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Since the 2005 election he has represented Edinburgh South West. Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general Edinburgh South West is a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ( Westminster) first used The Labour Party was so concerned that Darling might be defeated, several senior party figures, including Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and Chancellor Gordon Brown, made supportive visits to the constituency during the election campaign. A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is in some countries a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the John Leslie Prescott (born 31 May 1938 is a British Labour Party Politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is Despite being a senior Cabinet minister himself, Darling was hardly seen outside the area, as he was making the maximum effort to win his seat. In the Politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body composed of the most senior government ministers chosen by the Prime Minister In the event, he won it with a majority of 7,242 over the second-placed Conservative candidate, a 16. 49% margin on a 65. 4% turnout.
Shadow Cabinet
As a backbencher he sponsored the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1988 [2]. For other meanings see Backbench A backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP or a legislator who does not hold governmental He soon became an Opposition Home Affairs spokesman in 1988 on the frontbench of Neil Kinnock. The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order Neil Gordon Kinnock Baron Kinnock PC (born 28 March 1942 is a British Politician.
After the 1992 General Election he became a spokesman on Treasury Affairs until being promoted to Tony Blair's Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1996. Results |} The turnout was 33514074 from an Electorate of 43275316 voting in a total of 651 seats HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the second most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Following the 1997 General Election he entered Cabinet as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury; he is one of only three people who have been in the Cabinet ever since (the others are Gordon Brown and Jack Straw). Results The election was fought under new boundaries with a net increase of eight seats compared to the 1992 election John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946 most commonly known as Jack Straw, is a senior British Labour Party Politician.
In Government
In 1998 he was made the Secretary of State for Social Security replacing Harriet Harman who had been dismissed. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is a position in the UK cabinet responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions. Harriet Ruth Harman After the 2001 General Election, the department for Social Security was abolished and replaced with the new Department for Work and Pensions, which also took employment away from the education portfolio, Darling headed the new department until 2002 when he was transferred to the Department for Transport, in the wake of his predecessor Stephen Byers resigning after a great deal of criticism. Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown The Department for Work and Pensions (or DWP) ( Welsh: Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau) is the largest government department in the Government In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport (or DfT) ( Welsh: Adran am Drafnidiaeth) is the government department Stephen John Byers (born 13 April 1953) is a British Politician.
As Transport Secretary, Darling was given a brief to "take the department out of the headlines" and was widely considered to have achieved this, although he was also criticised for achieving too little else whilst he held the transport brief. He oversaw the creation of Network Rail, the successor to Railtrack, which had collapsed in controversial circumstances for which his predecessor was largely blamed. Network Rail is a British "not for dividend" Company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited a company limited For the generic term see Rail tracks. Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, Tunnels He also procured the passage of the legislation - the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 - which abolished the Rail Regulator and replaced it with the Office of Rail Regulation. The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament Purposes of the Act The purposes of the Act include- the creation The Rail Regulator was a statutory office—created with effect from 1 December 1993 by section 1 of the Railways Act 1993 —or the independent economic regulation of the The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR is a statutory board which is the combined economic and safety regulatory authority for Great Britain's Railway network He was responsible for the Railways Act 2005 which abolished the Strategic Rail Authority, a creation of the Labour government under the Transport Act 2000. The Railways Act 2005 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament concerning the regulatory structure for Railways in the United Kingdom In existence from from 2001 to 2006 the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom set up under the Transport Act 2000 The Transport Act 2000 is a current United Kingdom Act of Parliament. Darling was also responsible for the cancellation of several major Light Rail schemes. For specific light rail systems many of which use the words "light rail" as part of their name see List of light-rail transit systems.
Although he was not at the Department for Transport at the time of the collapse of Railtrack, Darling vigorously defended what had been done in a speech to the House of Commons on October 24, 2005. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This included the making of threats to the independent Rail Regulator that if he intervened to defend the company against the government's attempts to force it into railway administration - a special status for insolvent railway companies - the government would introduce emergency legislation to take the regulator under direct political control. This stance by Darling surprised many observers because during his tenure at the Department for Transport he had made several statements to Parliament and the financial markets assuring them that the government regarded independence in economic regulation of the railways as essential.
After the Scottish Office was folded into the Department for Constitutional Affairs, he was made Scottish Secretary in combination with his transport portfolio in 2003. The Scottish Office was a department of the United Kingdom Government from 1885 until 1999 exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA was a United Kingdom government department. The Secretary of State for Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba) is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the In the Cabinet reshuffle of May 2006, he was moved to the position of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; Douglas Alexander replaced him as both Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland. The Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry before the June 28, 2007 Douglas Garven Alexander (born 26 October 1967 is a British politician who is Secretary of State for International Development. The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The Secretary of State for Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba) is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the On 10 November 2006 in a mini-reshuffle, Malcolm Wicks, the Minister for Energy at the Department for Trade and Industry and therefore one of Darling's junior ministers, was appointed Minister for Science. Malcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947 Hatfield, Hertfordshire) is Labour Member of Parliament for Croydon North and serves as the The Department of Trade and Industry was a United Kingdom government department which was disbanded with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business Darling took over day-to-day control of the Energy portfolio.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In June 2007, the new Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed Darling Chancellor of the Exchequer, a promotion widely anticipated in the media. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial Journalists observed that three of Darling's four junior ministers at the Treasury (Angela Eagle, Jane Kennedy and Kitty Ussher) are female and dubbed his team, "Darling's Darlings". HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing Angela Eagle (born 17 February 1961 is Labour Member of Parliament for Wallasey. Jane Elizabeth Kennedy (born 4 May 1958, as Jane Elizabeth Hodgson) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, and currently Katherine Anne "Kitty" Ussher (born 18 March 1971 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is a politician in the United Kingdom. [3]
In September 2007, for the first time since 1860, there was a run on a British bank, Northern Rock. See also Nationalisation of Northern Rock Northern Rock plc is a British Bank, currently under public ownership Although the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority have jurisdiction in such cases, ultimate authority for deciding on financial support for a bank in exceptional circumstances rests with the Chancellor. The Bank of England (formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England) is a state-owned institution and the Central bank of the United Kingdom The Financial Services Authority ( "FSA") is an independent non-governmental body Quasi-judicial body and a company limited by guarantee that regulates The 2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis had caused a liquidity crisis in the UK banking industry, and Northern Rock was unable to borrow as required by its business model. The subprime mortgage crisis is an ongoing financial crisis characterized by contracted Liquidity in global credit markets and Banking Darling authorised the Bank of England to lend Northern Rock funds to cover its liabilities and provided an unqualified taxpayers’ guarantee of the deposits of savers in Northern Rock in an attempt to stop the run. Northern Rock borrowed up to £20 billion from the Bank of England[4], and Darling was criticized for becoming sucked into a position where so much public money was tied up in a private company. [5] On March 12, 2008, Darling gave his first Budget in the House of Commons. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A government Budget is a legal document that is often passed by the Legislature, and approved by the Chief executive -or president The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords
In March 2008, Alistair Darling became the first British Chancellor to be censured for the Budget by a media campaign spread by a social networking site. James Hughes, the landlord of Utopia Pub in Edinburgh, symbolically barred Darling from his pub, and a passing reporter from the Edinburgh Evening News ran the story. Utopia is a pub on Easter Road in Edinburgh, and was the first pub in the UK to bar Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling after the 2008 Budget included A Facebook group [6] was created, leading dozens of pubs across the UK to follow Hughes, barring Darling from their pubs. The story was eventually picked up by most national press and broadcast media in the UK, and leader of the opposition cited the movement at Prime Minister's Questions on 26 March. [7][8][9][10]
Child benefit data scandal
Darling was Chancellor when the personal and confidential details of over 25 million British citizens went missing while being sent from his department to the National Audit Office. The 2007 UK child benefit data scandal was a Data breach incident in October 2007 when two computer discs owned by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs containing The National Audit Office (NAO is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for auditing central government departments A former Scotland Yard detective stated that with the current rate of £2. 50 per person's details this data could have been sold for £60 million. [6] The acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable, put the value at £1. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> John Vincent Cable, known as Vince Cable 5bn, or £60 per identity. [7]
10p Tax Fiasco
Darling’s predecessor Gordon Brown before becoming prime minister in his final budget on 21st March 2007 axed the 10% starting rate of taxation whilst reducing basic rate income tax from 22% to 20%. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Although the majority of tax payers would be marginally better off by these changes some 5. 1 low earners including those earning less than £18,000 were worse off. On October 18th 2007 the Treasury releases figures showing that childless people on low incomes could lose up to £200 a year as a result of the changes, while parents and those earning more than £20,000 will be better off.
Increasing political backlash to the additional tax burden put immense pressure onto the government including the new chancellor Darling with Gordon Brown facing criticism from his own Parliamentary Labour party. On May 13th 2008 Mr Darling announces in the Commons that he will help low-paid workers hit by the scrapping of the 10p rate by raising this year's personal tax allowance by £600 funded by borrowing £2. 7 billion[11].
Personal life
Darling has been married to Margaret McQueen Vaughan (a former journalist on the former newspaper Sunday Standard) since 1986 and they have one son (Calum, born 1988, and studying law at the University of Aberdeen) and one daughter (Anna, born 1990). The University of Aberdeen is an Ancient university founded in 1495, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. He had a previous marriage in the 1970s.
In his book Servants of the People, about New Labour's first term of office (1997-2001), Andrew Rawnsley described Darling as a "managerial technocrat" of a type preferred by former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley (born January 5, 1962) is a British political journalist and broadcaster He was voted Britain's most boring politician, and worst ever Chancellor two years running [12].
On September 10, 2007, Alistair's pet cat Sybil moved from Edinburgh with the family to 11 Downing Street, Sybil was located to the 3-bedroomed flat above No. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Sybil is a Cat living at 11 and 10 Downing Street. Named after Sybil Fawlty, she is the pet of Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11. She was named after Sybil Fawlty from the 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers, sharing a thespian name with her predecessor Humphrey, who was named after Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister. Sybil Fawlty is a fictional character from the hit BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 Humphrey Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office ( c 1988 &ndash March 2006 was a Cat employed as a mouser at 10 Downing Street from Sir Humphrey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO, MA (Oxon ( April 5, 1929 &ndash December 26, 2001) is one Yes Minister is a multi-award winning satirical British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted
He enjoys listening to Pink Floyd, Coldplay and Leonard Cohen [13]. Pink Floyd are Coldplay TalkColdplay#Is_or_Are_dispute_again Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter He lives in the Morningside area of Edinburgh, in the same street as JK Rowling. Morningside is a famously genteel area in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the
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See also
Bibliography
- Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006)
References
- ^ Darling, Alistair | Aristotle | guardian.co.uk Politics
- ^ Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 42)
- ^ Simon Hoggart's sketch: Darling, you're so dreary | Politics | The Guardian
- ^ US private equity firm eyes Rock
- ^ Northern Rock & Virgin: who wins?
- ^ [1]
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- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3927280.ece
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/05/nbul05.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/05/ixhome.html#2
- ^ Alistair Darling: The man who stepped into limelight on the darkest of all Mondays - Times Online
External links
- 10 Downing Street — Alistair Darling official biography
- http://faultgame.com/images/ltbb_052.wav
- Cabinet Reshuffle News article
- Guardian Unlimited Politics — Ask Aristotle: Alistair Darling MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com — Alistair Darling MP
- Times profile - June 2007
- BBC Profile of Alistair Darling from 2006
- BBC Profile of Alistair Darling from 2002
- BBC Politics page
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Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Central 1987 – 2005 |
Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West 2005 – present |
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| Preceded by William Waldegrave |
Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1997 – 1998 |
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| Preceded by Harriet Harman |
Secretary of State for Social Security (1998 – 2001) State Work and Pensions (2001 – 2002) 1998 – 2002 |
Succeeded by Andrew Smith |
| Preceded by Stephen Byers State Transport, Local Government and the Regions |
Secretary of State for Transport 2002 – 2006 |
Succeeded by Douglas Alexander |
| Preceded by Helen Liddell |
Secretary of State for Scotland 2003 – 2006 |
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Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 2006 – 2007 |
Succeeded by John Hutton State Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
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