Richard Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 11, 1966(1966-02-11)
Age	58
Birthplace	Sheffield
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Sheffield
Horoscope	Aquarius

Richard Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam Biography

Richard Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 11, 1966 in Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. Richard Beecroft Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam (born 11 February 1966) is a British politician and life peer. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam from the general election of Thursday 1 May 1997 until the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April 2005.

Allan did not seek reelection at the 2005 general election. He was succeeded by future Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, for whom he acted as campaign manager.

On 22 July 2010, he was created a life peer as Baron Allan of Hallam, of Ecclesall, Sheffield, in the County of South Yorkshire, and was introduced in the House of Lords on 26 July 2010, where he sits as a Liberal Democrat peer.

He was made a life peer in the 2010 Dissolution Honours.

In 1997, Allan unseated Irvine Patnick of the Conservative Party achieving a majority of 8,221 with a swing of 15.3%. He was only the second non- Conservative to win Sheffield Hallam, and the first since 1918. In 2001, he was re-elected with an increased majority of 9,347. During his tenure, Allan held various committee seats, including the Chair of the House of Commons Information Select Committee and a seat on the House of Commons Liaison Select Committee. Richard Allan was the founding chairman of the Parthenon 2004 campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles.

Richard Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam Net Worth

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

Allan was born in Sheffield. He went to the independent Oundle School in north-east Northamptonshire. He studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and gained a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology in 1988. From Bristol Polytechnic, he gained an MSc in Information Technology in 1990. He was a field archaeologist in Britain, France and the Netherlands in 1984–85, and in Ecuador in 1988–89. He was a computer manager at Avon FHSA in 1991–97.

Allan married Louise Netley on 25 May 1991 in Bath, Somerset. They have since separated and Allan has twin daughters with his current partner.

Since June 2009 Allan has been employed by Facebook as Director of Policy in Europe, responsible for representing the company and lobbying EU governments on matters of concern to it. He was previously Head of Government Affairs for Cisco Systems UK. Allan has given various interviews responding to media concerns about Facebook, and in January 2012 he gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on Facebook’s attitude to malicious posting and to privacy.

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Top Facts about Richard Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam

1. Richard Allan is a British politician and life peer.
2. He was born on February 5, 1966.
3. Allan served as the Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield Hallam from 1997 to 2005.
4. He was appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords in 2010.
5. Allan is currently the chairman of the UK’s largest independent press regulator, IPSO.
6. He has also held various positions in technology companies such as Facebook and Mozilla.
7. Allan has been an advocate for digital privacy and online safety measures.
8. In his time as an MP, he focused on issues such as education and social justice reform.
9. Allan holds degrees from both Oxford University and Harvard Business School.
10. He is married with two children and resides in London.