Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton
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The Right Honourable The Lord Falconer of Thoroton PC QC |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 26 June 2016 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing | Michael Gove |
| Preceded by | Sadiq Khan |
| Succeeded by | Richard Burgon |
| Secretary of State for Justice | |
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In office 9 May 2007 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jack Straw |
| Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 12 June 2003 – 28 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Lord Irvine of Lairg |
| Succeeded by | Jack Straw |
| Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs | |
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In office 12 June 2003 – 8 May 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of State for Housing and Planning | |
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In office 11 June 2001 – 29 May 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Nick Raynsford |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Rooker |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 6 May 1997 – 28 July 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Derek Spencer |
| Succeeded by | Ross Cranston |
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Charles Leslie Falconer 19 November 1951 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
Charles Leslie "Charlie" Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC, QC, (born 19 November 1951) is a British Labour peer and barrister.
Falconer became the Lord Chancellor and the first Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs in 2003 under Prime Minister Tony Blair, and would go on to become the first Secretary of State for Justice in a 2007 reorganization and enlargement of the portfolio of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. He held this role for over a month until Gordon Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007. Falconer was replaced by Jack Straw. He was named Shadow Justice Secretary under the acting leadership of Harriet Harman, and continued in this role after the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the party, until he resigned on 26 June 2016, among dozens of his colleagues.
Charles Leslie Falconer was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 19 November 1951, the son of John Leslie Falconer, a solicitor, and his wife Anne Mansel. Falconer's paternal grandfather was John Ireland Falconer, a former Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Falconer was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Trinity College, Glenalmond. He read Law at Queens' College, Cambridge.
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