David John MacLean (born 16 May 1953, Scotland) is a Conservative Party politician. He has been Member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border since 1983.
Educated at Fortrose Academy, Fortrose, The Black Isle, Highland, and at the University of Aberdeen, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1983 following the ennoblement of William Whitelaw. He was seen as a Thatcherite, exclaiming of beggars that; 'I always give them some...
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David John MacLean (born 16 May 1953, Scotland) is a Conservative Party politician. He has been Member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border since 1983.
Educated at Fortrose Academy, Fortrose, The Black Isle, Highland, and at the University of Aberdeen, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1983 following the ennoblement of William Whitelaw. He was seen as a Thatcherite, exclaiming of beggars that; 'I always give them something - I give them a piece of my mind.' MacLean has multiple sclerosis.
In Margaret Thatcher's government, Maclean served as a government whip from 1987 to 1989, when he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, retaining the position when John Major took over as Prime Minister in 1990. After the 1992 general election he was promoted to Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, and in 1993 he was moved to the post of Minister of State at the Home Office, a position he held until...
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