Alistair Burt | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa[a] | |
| In office 13 June 2017 – 25 March 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Tobias Ellwood |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Murrison |
| In office 13 May 2010 – 7 October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Robertson |
| Minister of State for International Development | |
| In office 13 June 2017 – 25 March 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | James Wharton |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Murrison |
| Minister of State for Community and Social Care | |
| In office 11 May 2015 – 15 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Norman Lamb |
| Succeeded by | David Mowat |
| Minister of State for Disabled | |
| In office 5 July 1995 – 4 May 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | William Hague |
| Succeeded by | Paul Boateng |
| Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire | |
| In office 7 June 2001 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Lyell |
| Succeeded by | Richard Fuller |
| Member of Parliament for Bury North | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | David Chaytor |
| Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2020 | |
| Chancellor | Alan Milburn |
| Preceded by | The Lord Liddle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alistair James Hendrie Burt 25 May 1955 Bury, Lancashire, England |
| Political party | Conservative (until 2019, 2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (2019) |
| Spouse | Eve Alexandra Twite |
| Residence | Wootton, Bedfordshire |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
Alistair James Hendrie Burt (born 25 May 1955) is a Conservative British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Bedfordshire from 2001 until 2019. He was previously MP for his native Bury North in Greater Manchester from 1983 until 1997.[1] Burt was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State then Minister of State at the Department of Social Security from 1992 to 1997, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2010 to 2013. Burt was also Minister of State at the Department of Health from May 2015 to July 2016.
First elected as a Conservative, Burt had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019. On 29 October he was one of ten Conservative MPs to have the whip restored.[2] He retired at the 2019 general election.[3]
In September 2020 he was appointed as Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University, succeeding Lord Liddle.[4]
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- ^ "Alistair Burt MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Whip restored to 10 Conservative MPs who rebelled against government over Brexit". ITV News. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Bedfordshire's rebel MP Alistair Burt to stand down at next election". ITV News. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "New Pro-Chancellor for Lancaster University announced". www.lancasterguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2020.