Martin Callanan, Baron Callanan

The Lord Callanan
Official portrait, 2018
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance
In office
7 February 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak[1]
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility
In office
14 February 2020 – 7 February 2023
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss[2]
Rishi Sunak[3]
Preceded byThe Lord Duncan of Springbank[a]
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of State for Exiting the European Union
In office
27 October 2017 – 31 January 2020
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byThe Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office
14 June 2017 – 27 October 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Succeeded byThe Baroness Sugg
Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists
In office
11 December 2011 – 12 June 2014
Preceded byJan Zahradil
Succeeded bySyed Kamall
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
In office
23 November 2010 – 1 March 2012
Preceded byTimothy Kirkhope
Succeeded byRichard Ashworth
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
6 November 2014
Life peerage
Member of the European Parliament
for North East England
In office
10 June 1999 – 2 July 2014
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJonathan Arnott
Personal details
Born (1961-08-08) 8 August 1961 (age 63)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materNewcastle Polytechnic

Martin John Callanan, Baron Callanan (born 8 August 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North East England from 1999 to 2014 and Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group from 2011 to 2014.[4] Callanan failed his bid to win re-election in the 2014 European Parliament elections, becoming the first sitting chairman of a European parliamentary group to lose his seat.[5] On 8 August 2014, it was announced that he would be made a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.[6]

Following the 2017 general election, Callanan was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.[7] In October the same year, he was appointed Minister of State for Exiting the European Union.[7]

  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: February 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Conservative MEPs elect new Chairman". Conservative Party. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ESvr124330 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Michael Cashman becomes lord". European Voice. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Parliamentary career for Lord Callanan". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 June 2017.


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