Stephen Byers

Stephen Byers
Official portrait, c. 1998
Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
In office
8 June 2001 – 29 May 2002
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byJohn Prescott (Environment, Transport and the Regions)
Succeeded byAlistair Darling (Transport)
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
President of the Board of Trade
In office
23 December 1998 – 8 June 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byPeter Mandelson
Succeeded byPatricia Hewitt
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
27 July 1998 – 23 December 1998
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byAlistair Darling
Succeeded byAlan Milburn
Minister of State for Schools
In office
2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byEric Forth
Succeeded byEstelle Morris
Member of Parliament
for North Tyneside
Wallsend (1992–1997)
In office
9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byTed Garrett
Succeeded byMary Glindon
North Tyneside Councillor for Howdon ward
In office
1 May 1980 – 10 April 1992
Preceded byJ. Wylie
Succeeded byT. Cruikshanks
Personal details
Born
Stephen John Byers

(1953-04-13) 13 April 1953 (age 71)
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
Alma materLiverpool John Moores University

Stephen John Byers (born 13 April 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallsend between 1992 and 1997, and North Tyneside from 1997 to 2010. He served in the Cabinet from 1998 to 2002, and was implicated in the MP expenses scandal and retired from politics in 2010.

During Byers' ministerial career, he was Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in the Cabinet.