Andrew Dunlop
Andrew James Dunlop, Baron Dunlop (born 21 June 1959)[1] is a British politician, who serves as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland since 2015.[2]
Lord Dunlop sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords.[3]
Education
Dunlop was born at Helensburgh and attended school in Glasgow before reading Politics and Economics at Edinburgh University under former Labour MP for Berwick and East Lothian and leading proponent of devolution, Professor John Mackintosh.
Political career
Dunlop's first political job was as Head of Research for the Scottish Conservative Party from 1981 - 1984. He then joined the Conservative Research Department where he successively had the Trade and Industry brief and then was appointed Head of the Political Section.
He served as a Special Adviser to the Defence Secretary, then George Younger MP, in the Thatcher Government.[4]
Dunlop worked at No. 10 under Margaret Thatcher.[5] He covered a range of policy areas during his stint in the No 10 Policy Unit including Scotland (a key policy development was the establishment of Scottish Enterprise), UK Defence procurement, employment and training policy.
Appointed Chief Adviser[6] to the PM David Cameron in 2012, he played a key role in devising HM Government’s response to the Scottish independence campaign[7] resulting in the people of Scotland voting to stay within the Union.[8]
He has also served as a Horsham District Councillor representing Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead Ward.[9]
Appointed a Minister for Scotland,[10] he was created Baron Dunlop, of Helensburgh in the County of Dunbarton by Letters Patent on 26 May 2015.[11][12] He was introduced to the House of Lords at 11am on Thursday 28 May.
PR career
After leaving 10 Downing Street in 1991, Andrew Dunlop became the managing director of leading lobbying firm Politics International,[13] where he advised a range of corporate clients including Virgin, Airbus owner EADS and SAB Miller.
Personal life
Lord and Lady Dunlop live at Jolesfield Partridge Green (on the edge of the South Downs National Park), near Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
He married Lucia née Murfitt in 1991, and they have three daughters.
Lord Dunlop retains close links with his Scottish family who keep up-to-date with Holyrood politics.[14]
See also
References
External links
- ↑ Person Page 39336. Thepeerage.com, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ PM's adviser Andrew Dunlop gets Scotland Office job - BBC News. Bbc.co.uk, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ Spokespersons in the House of Lords - UK Parliament. Parliament.uk, 21. April 2010, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ Kate Devlin: Former Thatcher adviser Andrew Dunlop made a peer to become Scotland Office minister. Heraldscotland.com, 14. Mai 2015, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ Ben Borland: Questions over Cameron's new independence adviser's link to poll tax | UK | News. Express.co.uk, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ The latest news from Holyrood and Westminster. Dailyrecord.co.uk, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ Tories in Scotland: A tale of two parties. Leftfootforward.org, 20. März 2012, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ James Forsyth: Budget 2012: George Osborne saddles up for a Wild West Budget showdown. Dailymail.co.uk, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ [1] (Seite nicht mehr abrufbar, festgestellt im Juni 2015.)
- ↑ Election 2015. GOV.UK, 30. März 2015, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ Burke’s Peerage - The Official Website. Burkespeerage.com, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ London Gazette. Nr. 61241, HMSO, London, 1 June 2015, S. 9968 (Digitalisat, englisch).
- ↑ Politics International Ltd.: Private Company Information - Businessweek. Bloomberg.com, 11. Februar 2008, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.
- ↑ Record View - Daily Record. Blogs.dailyrecord.co.uk, abgerufen am 1. Juni 2015.