Alistair Darling

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alistair Darling
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Nov 28, 1953(1953-11-28)
Age	71
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Alistair Darling Biography

Alistair Darling is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on November 28, 1953 in England, United Kingdom. British Labour Party politician, who was elected to Parliament in 1987. He is most well-known for his work with Better Together.

He was Prime Minister He served during the term of Prime Minister Tony Blair..

Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, PC (born 28 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 2007-2010 and as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 until he stepped down in 2015, most recently for Edinburgh South West. He was one of only three people to have served in the Cabinet continuously from Labour’s landslide victory at the 1997 general election until their defeat at the 2010 general election; the other two were Gordon Brown and Jack Straw.

Darling joined the Labour Party aged 23, in 1977. He became a solicitor in 1978, then changed course for the Scots bar and was admitted as an advocate in

1984. In 1982 he was elected to the Lothian Regional Council, where he supported large rates rises in defiance of Margaret Thatcher’s rate-capping laws, and even threatened not to set a rate at all. He served on the council until he was elected to the House of Commons. He was also a board member for the Lothian and Borders Police and became a governor of Napier University|Napier College in 1985, until his election as an MP two years later.

In 1986, he married Margaret McQueen Vaughan. They had one son together.

Alistair Darling Net Worth

Alistair Darling is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alistair Darling 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at the University of Aberdeen and served as president of the Students Representative Council.

From 2003 to 2006, he was Secretary of State for Scotland.

Alistair Darling was born in London the son of a civil engineer, Thomas, and his wife, Anna MacLean. He is the great-nephew of Sir William Darling, a Conservative/Unionist Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South (1945–1957) who had served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh during the Second World War. He was educated at Chinthurst School, in Tadworth, Surrey, then in Kirkcaldy, and at the private Loretto School, in Musselburgh. He attended the University of Aberdeen, from where he graduated as a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B). He became the President of Aberdeen University Students’ Representative Council.

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Who is Alistair Darling Dating?

According to our records, Alistair Darling married to Margaret Vaughan. As of December 1, 2023, Alistair Darling’s is not dating anyone.

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Following the 1997 general election, he entered Cabinet as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. In 1998, he was appointed Secretary of State for Social Security, replacing Harriet Harman who had been dismissed. After the 2001 general election, the Department of Social Security was abolished and replaced with the new Department for Work and Pensions, which also took employment away from the education portfolio. Darling fronted the new department until 2002 when he was moved to the Department for Transport, after his predecessor Stephen Byers resigned.

Facts & Trivia

Alistair Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Alistair Darling celebrates birthday on November 28 of every year.

In 2003, when the Scotland Office was folded into the Department for Constitutional Affairs, he was appointed Scottish Secretary in combination with his Transport portfolio.

Is Alistair Darling still an MP?

A member of the Labour Party, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 until he stepped down in 2015, most recently for Edinburgh South West. Darling was first appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1997, and was promoted to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 1998.

Who was chancellor when Gordon Brown was prime minister?

The Right Honourable Gordon Brown HonFRSE
Succeeded by| Ed Miliband
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007
Prime Minister| Tony Blair

Is Ed Balls an MP?

A member of the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton and later for Morley and Outwood between 2005 and 2015.

Is Philip Hammond an MP?

A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Runnymede and Weybridge from 1997 to 2019.

Why did Gordon Brown resign?

He announced his intention to resign on 10 May 2010 to help broker a Labour- Liberal Democrat deal. However, this became increasingly unlikely and on 11 May, Brown announced his resignation as prime minister and Labour Party leader.