Stephen Dorrell
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The Right Honourable Stephen Dorrell |
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| Chair of the Health Select Committee | |
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In office June 2010 – 18 June 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Kevin Barron |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Wollaston |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment | |
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In office 11 June 1997 – 2 June 1998 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Gillian Shephard |
| Succeeded by | David Willetts |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 11 June 1997 |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | Chris Smith |
| Succeeded by | John Maples |
| Secretary of State for Health | |
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In office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Virginia Bottomley |
| Succeeded by | Frank Dobson |
| Secretary of State for National Heritage | |
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In office 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Peter Brooke |
| Succeeded by | Virginia Bottomley |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 11 April 1992 – 11 July 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Francis Maude |
| Succeeded by | George Young |
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Member of Parliament for Charnwood |
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In office 3 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Edward Argar |
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Member of Parliament for Loughborough |
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In office 3 May 1979 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Cronin |
| Succeeded by | Andy Reed |
| Personal details | |
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25 March 1952 Worcester, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Penelope Taylor |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
| Website | Official website |
Stephen James Dorrell (born 25 March 1952) is a former British Conservative politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough between 1979 and 1997 and then for Charnwood from 1997 to 2015.
Dorrell most recently served for four years as Chairman of the House of Commons Health Select Committee from 2010 to 2014. In the 1990s he was a full member of Prime Minister John Major's Cabinet for almost three years, whilst serving as both Secretary of State for National Heritage and then Secretary of State for Health until the 1997 general election. He was also a Patron of the Tory Reform Group.
Since 2014 he has been a consultant with the health and public service practice of KPMG.
Dorrell was born in Worcester and educated at Uppingham School, Rutland and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve for two years from 1971.
During the February 1974 general election, Dorrell acted as a personal assistant to Conservative minister Peter Walker. Aged only 22, he contested the safe Labour seat of Hull East at the October 1974 general election, but was heavily defeated by the sitting MP (and later Deputy Prime Minister), John Prescott, who was returned with a majority of 25,793 votes.
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