Andrew MacKay
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The Right Honourable Andrew MacKay |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 23 June 1997 – 14 September 2001 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Mo Mowlam |
| Succeeded by | Quentin Davies |
| Treasurer of the Household | |
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In office 23 July 1996 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Greg Knight |
| Succeeded by | George Mudie |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 18 October 1995 – 23 July 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Timothy Kirkhope |
| Succeeded by | Derek Conway |
| Member of Parliament for Bracknell East Berkshire (1983-1997) |
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In office 10 June 1983 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | new constituency. |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Lee |
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Stechford |
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In office 1 April 1977 – 7 April 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Roy Jenkins |
| Succeeded by | Terry Davis |
| Personal details | |
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27 August 1949 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) |
Julie Kirkbride (1997–present); 1 child Diana Joy Kinchin (1974–1996; divorced); 2 children |
Andrew James MacKay (born 27 August 1949) is a British Conservative Party politician, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bracknell in Berkshire from 1997 to 2010.
MacKay attended Solihull School, an independent school in Solihull, West Midlands. After leaving school he chaired the Solihull Young Conservatives. He has worked as an estate agent and company director.
MacKay first entered parliament in 1977, after taking Birmingham Stechford from Labour at the Birmingham Stechford by-election. He lost the seat at the 1979 general election, but re-entered parliament in 1983 as MP for East Berkshire. He was deputy Chief Whip under John Major, and was Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1997 to September 2001 during the leadership of William Hague. He was on the backbenches subsequently, but was appointed a Conservative Deputy Chairman in September 2004 with responsibility for candidates, and, after David Cameron's election in November 2005 as Leader of the Conservative Party, MacKay became a Senior Parliamentary/Political Adviser to the new Conservative leader.
A hastily called meeting had been arranged on 10 May 2009 with his constituents in Bracknell to explain the claims. The meeting was described as a disaster, and MacKay was shouted down and jeered at by members of the public. Members of MacKay's local association were also furious to discover he had never lived locally and yet he was claiming a second-home allowance on the London home he shared with his wife Julie Kirkbride, then Conservative MP for the constituency of Bromsgrove,
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