Stephen Dorrell

The Right Honourable Stephen James Dorrell (born March 25 1952) is an English politician and Conservative Member of Parliament for Charnwood. He is a member of the Privy Council, and a patron of the Tory Reform Group.

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March 25 - 1952 - English - Politician - Conservative - Member of Parliament - Charnwood - Privy Council - Tory Reform Group

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He became MP for Loughborough in 1979, and became a government whip in 1987. In 1990 he was made a junior Health minister, and then Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1992 to 1994. He was Secretary of State for National Heritage until 1995, then became Secretary of State for Health until the end of the Conservative administration. With a boundary change in the 1997 election, he moved with his key rural voters into the new Charnwood Constituency), Loughborough itself being lost to Andy Reed of Labour.

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Loughborough - 1979 - 1987 - 1990 - Health - Financial Secretary to the Treasury - 1992 - 1994 - Secretary of State for National Heritage - 1995 - Secretary of State for Health - 1997 election - Charnwood Constituency - Andy Reed

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He launched a bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1997 but withdrew before the first ballot when it became clear his support amongst Conservative MPs was negligible. Instead he threw his support behind Kenneth Clarke's bid. Under William Hague he became shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment, but left the shadow cabinet in 1998.

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1997 - Kenneth Clarke - William Hague - Shadow - Secretary of State for Education and Employment - 1998

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