The Right Honourable Sir John Randall |
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Treasurer of the Household Deputy Chief Whip |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 6 October 2013 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Tommy McAvoy |
Succeeded by | Greg Hands |
Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip Uxbridge (1997–2010) |
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In office 10 July 1997 – 30 March 2015 |
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Preceded by | Sir Michael Shersby |
Succeeded by | Boris Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born |
Uxbridge, Middlesex, England |
5 August 1955
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Kate |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University College London |
Profession | Businessman |
Website | Official website |
Sir Alexander John Randall (born 5 August 1955) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and then later Uxbridge and South Ruislip. He was the Conservative Deputy Chief Whip between May 2010 and October 2013.
Sir John is a trustee and Vice-Chair of the Human Trafficking Foundation and in February 2016 was appointed Special Envoy on modern Slavery to the Mayor of London, alongside Anthony Steen CBE.
Randall's family have lived in Uxbridge for many years. The family owned the major local department store Randalls of Uxbridge on Vine Street, which was founded by his great-grandfather Philip Randall in 1891, and closed in 2015.
Born in Uxbridge, Randall was educated at Rutland House School, an independent school in Hillingdon in west London, and later at Merchant Taylors' School, another independent school, in Northwood, Hertfordshire. In 1979, he graduated from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, which is now part of University College London. with an Upper Second Class Honours BA degree in Serbo-Croatian language and literature.