Tom McNally, Baron McNally
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The Right Honourable The Lord McNally PC |
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| Chairman of the Youth Justice Board | |
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Assumed office March 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Chris Grayling |
| Preceded by | Frances Done |
| Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | |
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In office 13 May 2010 – 15 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Lord Hunt of Kings Heath |
| Succeeded by | Lord Wallace of Tankerness |
| Minister of State for Justice | |
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In office 13 May 2010 – 18 December 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Succeeded by | Simon Hughes |
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords |
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In office 24 November 2004 – 15 October 2013 |
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| Leader |
Charles Kennedy Sir Menzies Campbell Vince Cable (acting) Nick Clegg |
| Preceded by | Baroness Williams of Crosby |
| Succeeded by | Lord Wallace of Tankerness |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1943 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Labour (Before 1981) Social Democratic Party (1981–1988) Liberal Democrats (1988–present) |
| Alma mater | University College London |
Tom McNally, Baron McNally, PC (born 20 February 1943) is a British politician and a former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
McNally was born in Blackpool of Irish Catholic descent and attended St Joseph's College, Blackpool. He later attended University College London, where he was elected president of the Debating Society as well as University College London Union President.
He later worked for the Fabian Society, and then as a full-time employee of the Labour Party, becoming its international secretary. He served as a political advisor to Foreign Secretary, James Callaghan during the conflict in Cyprus in the 1970s, before becoming head of the Prime Minister's political office at Downing Street in 1976 when Callaghan succeeded Harold Wilson.
Elected to the House of Commons in 1979 as a member of the Labour Party for the constituency of , in 1981 he was one of the later defectors to the new Social Democratic Party. Following constituency boundary changes for the 1983 general election McNally was the SDP candidate for the new constituency of , but finished in third place behind Labour and the Conservative victor, Tony Favell.
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