Alistair Darling
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The Right Honourable The Lord Darling of Roulanish PC |
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| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 |
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| Leader | Harriet Harman |
| Shadowing | George Osborne |
| Preceded by | George Osborne |
| Succeeded by | Alan Johnson |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Gordon Brown |
| Succeeded by | George Osborne |
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President of the Board of Trade Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
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In office 5 May 2006 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Alan Johnson |
| Succeeded by | John Hutton (Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
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In office 13 June 2003 – 5 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Helen Liddell |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Alexander |
| Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 29 May 2002 – 5 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Stephen Byers (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Alexander |
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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Social Security (1998–2001) |
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In office 27 July 1998 – 29 May 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Harriet Harman |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Smith |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 3 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | William Waldegrave |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Byers |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 25 July 1996 – 3 May 1997 |
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| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Shadowing | William Waldegrave |
| Preceded by | Harriet Harman |
| Succeeded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
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Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West Edinburgh Central (1987–2005) |
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In office 11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Alex Fletcher |
| Succeeded by | Joanna Cherry |
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28 November 1953 Hendon, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Vaughan |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, PC (born 28 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2015, most recently for Edinburgh South West. He was the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 2007 to 2010, and was one of only three people to have served in the Cabinet continuously from Labour's victory in 1997 until its defeat in 2010, the others being Gordon Brown and Jack Straw.
Darling was first appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1997, before being promoted to become Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 1998. After spending four years at that department, he spent a further four years as Secretary of State for Transport, while also becoming Secretary of State for Scotland in 2003. Blair moved Darling for a final time in 2006, making him President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, before new Prime Minister Gordon Brown promoted Darling to replace himself as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2007, a position he remained in until 2010.
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