Patrick Mercer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Patrick Mercer
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 26, 1956(1956-06-26)
Age	68
Birthplace	Stockport Rural District
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Patrick Mercer Biography

Patrick Mercer is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 26, 1956 in Stockport Rural District, England, United Kingdom. The suspension period recommended by to the House of Commons is the second-longest suspension in the history of Parliament since 1947. (Denis MacShane was later found guilty of a crime was suspended for 12 months in 2012 and quit as an MP immediately.) One member voted to remove Mercer for being an MP as did another who wanted him to be suspended to eight years.

Mercer has been Mentioned in the Despatches of 1983 for his “gallant and distinguished service in Northern Ireland during the period 1 November 1982 to 31 January 1983”. He received a gallantry citation in the year 1990. He was awarded an MBE on the 12th of October, 1993 “in recognition of distinguished service in Northern Ireland”. He was conferred an OBE on the 13th of May in 1997 “in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the former Yugoslavia during the period 21 June to 20 December 1996”. He quit his position in the Army in 1999, as a colonel after serving as the in charge of strategy and communications in the Army Training and Recruiting Agency.

In 2004 he introduced a Private Member’s Bill in response to the publicity surrounding the case of Tony Martin that proposed to give householders greater powers when protecting their property from burglary.

Since 2005, he has repeatedly warned against the imposition of control orders as being ‘counter productive’. Citing his experience of internment in Northern Ireland, as a serving soldier, he highlighted the danger of alienating populations needed for intelligence gathering.

Mercer was a follower of his father who saw service in wartime as a member of the Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) as well as the British Army. He was promoted to the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment on March 8, 1975, as an officer in the second lieutenant. On March 8, 1977 the officer received the rank of lieutenant. The promotion was to captain on September 8, 1981, and then to major on the 30th of September in 1988. At the end of June 1994 the rank was upgraded to lieutenant colonel. He was promoted to colonel at the end of June 1998. He was discharged from the military on September 1, 1999.

Patrick Mercer Net Worth

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

Born from Stockport located in Cheshire around 1956. Mercer was the child of Eric Mercer, who became the Bishop of Exeter. Her mother is from Lincolnshire while his dad trained to become a priest by attending Kelham Theological College near Newark.

Patrick John Mercer OBE (born 26 June 1956) is a British writer and politician who was a former politician. He served as the Conservative deputy homeland security spokesperson until he was forced to quit in 2007 by David Cameron in 2007 for making “unacceptable” racist remarks in an interview in The Times. He was elected an Conservative in the general election of 2001, until resigning as the whip of the party’s parliamentary committee in May 2013, following concerns about paid advocacy. He was an Independent MP for the Newark area of Newark in the House of Commons until his resignation at close of April when an investigation by Standards Committee suspended him for six months due to “sustained and pervasive breach of the house’s rules”.

Mercer was first elected to Parliament as the member for Newark at the 2001 general election, defeating the Labour incumbent, Fiona Jones, overturning a majority of 3,000 and creating a majority of just over 4,000. In the Commons, he initially served as a back-bencher on the Defence Select Committee before becoming Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. Mercer backed Iain Duncan Smith over Kenneth Clarke in the 2001 Conservative leadership election. Subsequently he was appointed to a newly created post of Shadow Minister for Homeland Security in June 2003 after Duncan Smith became Conservative leader,

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In March 2009 Mercer volunteered for three days at the charity, Save the Family, learning and helping displaced families as part of a programme devised by Iain Duncan Smith.

Facts & Trivia

Patrick Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Patrick Mercer celebrates birthday on June 26 of every year.

In November 2011, the press reported that Mercer had been taped making disparaging remarks about David Cameron, calling him “despicable” and describing him as an “arse” and “the worst politician in British history since William Gladstone”. The same articles claimed he had predicted that Cameron would be ousted by Conservative MPs in early 2012. Mercer later denied making the comments.