Michael Fallon

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Michael Fallon is the Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party since September 2010.

Background

Fallon is a graduate of St Andrews University (MA Honours) and began his political career as MP for Darlington from 1983-1992. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt.Hon. Cecil Parkinson, Secretary of State for Energy from 1987 to 1988 when he became a Government Whip. In 1990 he joined Margaret Thatcher's Government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Schools Minister), and continued to serve under John Major.

Between 1992 and 1997 he developed his business career as a director of three companies founded by Dragons Den star Duncan Bannatyne before returning to Parliament in 1997. He served as a shadow Treasury Minister under William Hague before joining the Treasury Select Committee of which he was deputy chairman from 2001 until 2010. [1]

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Contact

Address:Sevenoaks Conservatives, Becket House, Vestry Road, Sevenoaks, TN14 5EL
Email: office@sevenoakstory.org.uk /
Website: http://www.sevenoaksconservatives.org


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  1. Michael Fallon, MP, Conservatives.com, accessed 15 May 2012