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Michael Fallon
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'''Michael Cathel Fallon''' (born
May 14,
1952,
Scotland) is a
United Kingdom British politician. He is the
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Member of Parliament for
Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) Sevenoaks.
Michael Fallon, the son of an
Ireland Irish surgery surgeon, was educated at Craigflower School in
Dunfermline;
Epsom College and the
University of St Andrews where he obtained a
Master's degree MA in
classics and
ancient history in
1974. After graduation he worked for the Conservative Party; as an assistant to
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington Peter Carrington for three years from 1974 and also working in the
House of Lords Whip (politics) Whips Office. In
1977 he worked with the
European Community European Economic Community office within the
Conservative Central Office. He became a personal assistant to Diana Elles, a Member of the
European Parliament.
Following the death of Ted Fletcher, the
Labour Party (UK) Labour MP for
Darlington (UK Parliament constituency) Darlington on
February 12,
1983, he was chosen to contest the seat for the Tories. Although he lost the
List of UK by-elections#48th Parliament (1979 - 1983) 1983 Darlington by-election held on
March 24, 1983 to Labour's
Ossie O'Brien by some 2,412 votes, just 77 days later Fallon defeated O'Brien at Darlington by 3,438 votes and he remained the MP there until the
United Kingdom general election, 1992 1992 General Election when he was ousted by Labour's
Alan Milburn by a margin of 2,798 votes. He re-entered Parliament at the
United Kingdom general election, 1997 1997 general election in the safe Conservative constituency of
Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) Sevenoaks following the retirement of the sitting Tory MP
Mark Wolfson and has served as the MP there since.
In
Palace of Westminster parliament Michael Fallon was appointed as the
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the
Secretary of State for Energy Cecil Parkinson following the
United Kingdom general election, 1987 1987 General Election, and in
1988 joined the government of
Margaret Thatcher as an Assistant Whip, becoming a
HM Treasury#Whips Lord Commissioner to the Treasury in
1990. He became the
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the
Department for Education and Skills Department for Education and Science later in 1990 under the new
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom premiership of
John Major, a position he held until his defeat at the 1992 General Election.
Following his re-election at the 1997 General Election he was briefly an Opposition spokesman on
Department for Trade and Industry Trade and Industry, and when
William Hague took over the
Leaders of the Conservative Party leadership of the party he became a spokesman on the
HM Treasury treasury although was dropped by Hague in
1998, and has remained on the
backbencher backbenches since. Since
1999 he has been a member of the Treasury
Select Committee.
He has been married to Wendy Elizabeth Payne since
1986 and they have two sons. During the period he was out of parliament he was a director for Quality Care Homes.
Publications
*''The Quango Explosion: Public Bodies and Ministerial Patronage'' by Philip Holland and Michael Fallon, 1978, Conservative Political Centre ISBN 0850706211
*''Sovereign Members'' by Michael Fallon, 1982
*''The Rise of the Euroquango'' by Michael Fallon, 1982, Adam Smith Institute ISBN 0906517222
*''Brighter Schools: Attracting Private Investment into State Schools'' by Michael Fallon, 1993, Social Market Foundation ISBN 1874097151
External links
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Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Michael Fallon MP
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TheyWorkForYou.com - Michael Fallon MP
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Michael Fallon website
Category:1952 births Fallon, Michael
Category:Living people Fallon, Michael
Category:British MPs Fallon, Michael
Category:UK Conservative Party politicians Fallon, Michael
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