Stephen Dorrell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Stephen Dorrell
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Mar 25, 1952(1952-03-25)
Age	72
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Worcester
Horoscope	Pisces

Stephen Dorrell Biography

Stephen Dorrell is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 25, 1952 in Worcester, United Kingdom. Stephen James Dorrell (born 25 March 1952) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was his Conservative MP (MP) of Loughborough between the year 1979 to 1997, and later for Charnwood from 1997 until 2015.

In 1979, during the general election at the 1979 general election, the Conservatives were elected to power under the guidance under Margaret Thatcher. Dorrell was then 27 years old. became a member of his seat in the House of Commons for the marginal seat of Loughborough and defeated the long- time Labour MEP John Cronin by 5,199 votes. He was as an MP until his resignation from Parliament during his 2015 General Election.

Dorrell was promoted to government after the 1987 General Election by the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as an Assistant Government Whip, and in 1988 became a Lord Commissioner to the Treasury ‘full whip’. He was appointed as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health in 1990 under the premiership of John Major. After the 1992 General Election he became the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

Dorrell was often deployed in the media as a spokesman for the Major government, as it was felt he conveyed an air of approachability and popular appeal. During one party conference season in the late 1990s he was followed by a camera crew from the BBC’s Breakfast show, capturing the behind-the- scenes build-up to his conference speech. The actual speech was also shown, including his joke (at the height of tensions in the Conservative party over Europe) that he considered himself a ‘bureausceptic’. Unfortunately the joke, a reference to trying to reduce the level of red tape in the Health Service, fell on deaf ears.

After his election to Parliament in 1979, he was part of the Transport Select committee. After the general election in 1983 He was appointed the private secretary of the Parliamentary Committee to previous manager Peter Walker, who had changed his position to Secretary of State of Energy.

Stephen Dorrell Net Worth

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

Dorrell is a native of Worcester and was educated at Uppingham School, Rutland and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he received an honorary Master of Arts degree. He was a part of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve for two years starting in 1971.

In the general elections, Dorrell was a personal secretary to Conservative secretary Peter Walker. Only 22 years old, he ran for the secure Labour seat Kingston upon Hull East at the general election in October 1974 however, he was overwhelmingly defeated by the incumbent Member of Parliament (and the Deputy Premier of the government), John Prescott, who won with an overwhelming majority of 27,793 votes.

On his election he was the Baby of the House of Commons, an informal title for the youngest member. He was succeeded as the Baby of the House on 9 April 1981 when Bobby Sands was elected at the April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by- election; however, Sands died on 5 May 1981 whilst on hunger strike in Long Kesh Prison. Dorrell again became the Baby of the House until 20 August 1981, when Sands’ successor Owen Carron was elected at the August 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election. He nonetheless remained the youngest MP to take his seat in the House of Commons (Sinn Fein members do not take their seats) until the 1983 election, when Charles Kennedy succeeded him.

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The prepack was criticised as “completely immoral”, and inappropriate for listed companies, by a South African creditor, LA group. It had sold a clothing manufacturer to Wensum in May 2009 for Wensum shares which became worthless and ceased after the prepack. Another Wensum shareholder compared the deal to a “spider eviscerating a fly it has caught, taking all the good bits, then dropping the useless carcass, which is the creditors, the shareholders and of course the taxpayer”.

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Stephen Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Stephen Dorrell celebrates birthday on March 25 of every year.

Dorrell has been criticised for his actions when, in 2009, his family-owned firm went into a prepack administration, a “controversial” but legal procedure which the Government’s Insolvency Service said was “mocking rules”. David Blake, Director of the Cass Business School in London, believes the method is used to dump pension fund liabilities. The controversy may have deterred David Cameron from inviting Dorrell to join the Front Bench. His stake was in clothing company, Faithful, a family business established in the 19th century which made blue collar workwear in Worcester. Finance Director Steve Hall reported the company had been quite profitable until 2004 when it was split between Dorrell and his brother.