David Maclean
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The Right Honourable The Lord Blencathra PC |
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| Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
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In office 18 September 2001 – 7 December 2005 |
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| Leader |
Iain Duncan Smith Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | James Arbuthnot |
| Succeeded by | Patrick McLoughlin |
| Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
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In office 27 May 1993 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Michael Jack |
| Succeeded by | Alun Michael |
| Minister of State for Environment and Countryside | |
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In office 14 April 1992 – 27 May 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | David Trippier |
| Succeeded by | Tim Yeo |
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Member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border |
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In office 29 July 1983 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | William Whitelaw |
| Succeeded by | Rory Stewart |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 May 1953 Cromarty, Scotland |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Website | Official website |
David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra, PC (born 16 May 1953) is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.
Born in Scotland, Maclean was educated at Fortrose Academy, Fortrose, and at the University of Aberdeen. MacLean has multiple sclerosis.
After unsuccessfully contesting Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber at the 1983 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1983, following the ennoblement of William Whitelaw.
In Margaret Thatcher's government, Maclean served as a government whip from 1987 to 1989, when he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, retaining the position when John Major took over as Prime Minister in 1990.
After the 1992 general election, he was promoted to Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, and in 1993, he was moved to the post of Minister of State at the Home Office, a position he held until the Conservative Party's defeat at the 1997 general election. He turned down an offer to join the Cabinet, probably as Minister for Agriculture, in 1995, stating that he was 'a round peg in a round hole'.
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