The Lord Blencathra | |
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Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
In office 18 September 2001 – 7 December 2005 | |
Leader | Iain Duncan Smith Michael Howard |
Preceded by | James Arbuthnot |
Succeeded by | Patrick McLoughlin |
Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
In office 27 May 1993 – 2 May 1997 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Michael Jack |
Succeeded by | Alun Michael |
Minister of State for Environment and Countryside | |
In office 14 April 1992 – 27 May 1993 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | David Trippier |
Succeeded by | Tim Yeo |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 27 July 1988 – 24 July 1989 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Peter Lloyd |
Succeeded by | John Taylor |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 10 March 2011 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border | |
In office 29 July 1983 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | William Whitelaw |
Succeeded by | Rory Stewart |
Personal details | |
Born | Cromarty, Scotland | 16 May 1953
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
Website | Official website |
David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra, PC (born 16 May 1953) is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.