Michael Bates, Baron Bates
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The Right Honourable The Lord Bates PC |
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| Minister of State at the Department for International Development | |
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Assumed office 14 October 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Minister of State at the Home Office | |
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In office 14 May 2015 – 31 March 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office | |
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In office 6 August 2014 – 14 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | The Lord Taylor of Holbeach |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon |
| Paymaster General | |
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In office 21 November 1996 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | David Willetts |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Robinson |
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Member of Parliament for Langbaurgh |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Ashok Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Abolished |
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26 May 1961 Gateshead |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Carole Whitfield (div. 2008), Xuelin Li |
Michael Walton Bates, Baron Bates (born 26 May 1961 in Gateshead) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom serving in the House of Lords since 2008 having previously represented the constituency of Langbaurgh in the House of Commons from 1992 to 1997. From 2014 to 2015 he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Criminal Information at the Home Office. In May 2015 he was appointed Minister of State in the Home Office. In March, 2016 he resigned as Minister of State in order to undertake a 2000-mile solo walk from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro to raise awareness for the Olympic truce.
Born in Gateshead in 1961, Bates attended Heathfield Senior High School and Gateshead College. In 1987, he was part of a team who bid successfully for a City Technology College to be located in Gateshead and in 1990, Emmanuel College was formally opened and is one of only three remaining CTCs in England not to convert into academies.
Bates joined the Conservative Party in Gateshead in 1979, later becoming Chairman of Gateshead Conservative Association. He was a founder member of Gateshead Young Conservatives, Chairman of Northern Area Young Conservatives and a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Young Conservatives from 1984 to 1989.
He contested several elections to Gateshead Borough Council for the Conservative Party between 1983 and 1989. At the 1987 General Election, he stood for parliament for the first time, contesting the Tyne Bridge parliamentary constituency, which was won by the Labour Party. Bates contested the November 1991 by-election in Langbaurgh caused by the death of Conservative MP Richard Holt. He lost the election to Labour's Ashok Kumar.
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