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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the Irish-Canadian Catholic priest and Canadian football coach, see <a href="Michael_Fallon_(priest)" title="Michael Fallon (priest)">Michael Fallon (priest)</a>. For the American physician/candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, see <a href="Mike_Fallon" title="Mike Fallon">Mike Fallon</a>. For the Irish country singer born Michael Fallon, see <a href="Mike_Denver" title="Mike Denver">Mike Denver</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Sir Michael Fallon</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2017</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>15 July 2014 – 1 November 2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a><br><a href="Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Minister_for_Portsmouth" title="Minister for Portsmouth">Minister for Portsmouth</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>16 January 2014 – 15 July 2014</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Minister_of_State_for_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Energy">Minister of State for Energy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>28 March 2013 – 15 July 2014</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="John_Hayes_(British_politician)" title="John Hayes (British politician)">John Hayes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Department_for_Business%2C_Innovation_and_Skills" title="Department for Business, Innovation and Skills">Minister of State for Business and Enterprise</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>4 September 2012 – 15 July 2014</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Mark_Prisk" title="Mark Prisk">Mark Prisk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party">Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>4 September 2010 – 4 September 2012</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="The_Lord_Ashcroft" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Ashcroft">The Lord Ashcroft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Sarah_Newton" title="Sarah Newton">Sarah Newton</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</a> <a href="Department_of_Education_and_Science_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Education and Science (UK)">for Education</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>24 July 1990 – 14 April 1992</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a><br><a href="John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Robert_Jackson_(Wantage_MP)" title="Robert Jackson (Wantage MP)">Robert Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Eric_Forth" title="Eric Forth">Eric Forth</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Lord_Commissioner_of_the_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Commissioner of the Treasury">Lord Commissioner of the Treasury</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>10 May 1990 – 22 July 1990</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Stephen_Dorrell" title="Stephen Dorrell">Stephen Dorrell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Greg_Knight" title="Greg Knight">Greg Knight</a>

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</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br>for <a href="Sevenoaks_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)">Sevenoaks</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Mark_Wolfson" title="Mark Wolfson">Mark Wolfson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Laura_Trott_(politician)" title="Laura Trott (politician)">Laura Trott</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br>for <a href="Darlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Darlington</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Ossie_O'Brien" title="Ossie O'Brien">Ossie O'Brien</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Alan_Milburn" title="Alan Milburn">Alan Milburn</a>

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</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Michael Cathel Fallon</div><br><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1952-05-14</span>) </span>14 May 1952<br><a href="Perth%2C_Scotland" title="Perth, Scotland">Perth</a>, <a href="Perthshire" title="Perthshire">Perthshire</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1298804929">

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</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="27 September 1986">1986</span>)<wbr></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="Sundridge%2C_Kent" title="Sundridge, Kent">Sundridge</a>, <a href="Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, England

<a href="Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Epsom_College" title="Epsom College">Epsom College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Sir Michael Cathel Fallon</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a></span></span> (born 14 May 1952) is a British politician who served as <a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a> from 2014 to 2017. A member of the <a href="Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, he served as <a href="Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="Sevenoaks_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)">Sevenoaks</a> from 1997 to 2019, having previously served as MP for <a href="Darlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Darlington</a> from 1983 to 1992.

</p><p>Fallon attended the independent <a href="Epsom_College" title="Epsom College">Epsom College</a> and read <a href="Classics" title="Classics">Classics</a> and <a href="Ancient_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient History">Ancient History</a> at the <a href="University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a>. After university he joined the <a href="Conservative_Research_Department" title="Conservative Research Department">Conservative Research Department</a>. Elected for Darlington at the <a href="1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>, he was appointed <a href="Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</a> at the <a href="Department_for_Education_and_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Education and Science">Department for Education and Science</a> in 1990. He lost his seat as MP for Darlington at the <a href="1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>.

</p><p>Fallon re-entered Parliament at the <a href="1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a> as MP for Sevenoaks. He served as <a href="Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party">Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party</a> from 2010 to 2012, <a href="Minister_of_State_for_Business_and_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Business and Enterprise">Minister of State for Business and Enterprise</a> from 2012 to 2014, <a href="Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Energy_and_Climate_Change" title="Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change">Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change</a> from 2013 to 2014 and <a href="Minister_for_Portsmouth" title="Minister for Portsmouth">Minister for Portsmouth</a> in 2014. In the <a href="2014_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2014 British cabinet reshuffle">2014 cabinet reshuffle</a> he was promoted to Secretary of State for Defence. He resigned from the post after being implicated in the <a href="2017_Westminster_sexual_misconduct_allegations" title="2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations">2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2></div>

<p>Michael Cathel Fallon<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was born in <a href="Perth%2C_Scotland" title="Perth, Scotland">Perth</a>, Perthshire, Scotland. His father was an Irish-born surgeon, Dr Martin Fallon, who was educated in Dublin and became a high-ranking medical officer in the British Army. Dr Fallon received the <a href="OBE" class="mw-redirect" title="OBE">OBE</a> for services to the wounded including at Arnhem.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michael Fallon was educated at <a href="Craigflower_Preparatory_School" title="Craigflower Preparatory School">Craigflower Preparatory School</a> near <a href="Dunfermline" title="Dunfermline">Dunfermline</a> and at <a href="Epsom_College" title="Epsom College">Epsom College</a>, a <a href="Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Private schools in the United Kingdom">private boys' school</a> in <a href="Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>. He then read <a href="Classics" title="Classics">Classics</a> and <a href="Ancient_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient History">Ancient History</a> at the <a href="University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a>, graduating in 1974 with a <a href="Master_of_Arts_(Scotland)" title="Master of Arts (Scotland)">Master of Arts (MA Hons)</a> degree.

</p><p>As a student, Fallon was active in the <a href="European_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="European Movement">European Movement</a> and the <a href="1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">"Yes" youth campaign in the 1975 referendum</a>. After university he joined the <a href="Conservative_Research_Department" title="Conservative Research Department">Conservative Research Department</a>, working first for <a href="Lord_Carrington" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Carrington">Lord Carrington</a> in the <a href="House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> until 1977 and then as European desk officer until 1979. He became research assistant to <a href="Baroness_Elles" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroness Elles">Baroness Elles</a> in 1979, around the time that she became an <a href="Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">MEP</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2></div>

<p>He was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for <a href="Darlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Darlington</a> in July 1982, and fought the <a href="1983_Darlington_by-election" title="1983 Darlington by-election">Darlington by-election</a> on 24 March 1983, which was held after the Labour MP <a href="Edward_Fletcher_(politician)" title="Edward Fletcher (politician)">Ted Fletcher</a> had died. Although Fallon lost to Labour's <a href="Ossie_O'Brien" title="Ossie O'Brien">Ossie O'Brien</a> by 2,412 votes, he defeated O'Brien 77 days later by 3,438 votes in the <a href="1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>.

</p><p>Fallon was appointed as the <a href="Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</a> to the <a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Energy">Secretary of State for Energy</a> <a href="Cecil_Parkinson" title="Cecil Parkinson">Cecil Parkinson</a> following the <a href="1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987 general election</a>, and in 1988 joined the government of <a href="Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> as an Assistant Whip, becoming a <a href="HM_Treasury#Whips" title="HM Treasury">Lord Commissioner to the Treasury</a> in 1990. Fallon, alongside <a href="Michael_Portillo" title="Michael Portillo">Michael Portillo</a> and <a href="Michael_Forsyth%2C_Baron_Forsyth_of_Drumlean" title="Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean">Michael Forsyth</a>, visited Thatcher on the eve of her resignation in a last-ditch and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to persuade her to reconsider her decision.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Junior_minister_in_the_Department_for_Education_and_Science">Junior minister in the Department for Education and Science</h3></div>

<p>Thatcher appointed Fallon <a href="Parliamentary_Under_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under Secretary of State">Parliamentary Under Secretary of State</a> for the <a href="Department_for_Education_and_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Education and Science">Department for Education and Science</a> in July 1990, a position he continued to hold under the new <a href="Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">premiership</a> of <a href="John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a>. In this office Fallon headed legislation that led to the local management of schools,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which among other changes gave schools a greater degree of financial independence, including control of their own bank accounts and cheque books.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained in that office until the <a href="1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>, when he lost his seat at Darlington to Labour's <a href="Alan_Milburn" title="Alan Milburn">Alan Milburn</a> by a margin of 2,798 votes.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_the_House_of_Commons">Return to the House of Commons</h3></div>

<p>Fallon was selected to stand in the safe Conservative seat of <a href="Sevenoaks_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)">Sevenoaks</a>, after the sitting member, <a href="Mark_Wolfson" title="Mark Wolfson">Mark Wolfson</a>, decided not to stand again at the <a href="1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>. At that election he held Sevenoaks with a substantially reduced majority.

</p><p>Soon after his return to parliament, Fallon was appointed by <a href="William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a> as Opposition Spokesman for <a href="Department_of_Trade_and_Industry_(United_Kingdom)" title="Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)">Trade and Industry</a> and then as <a href="Shadow" title="Shadow">Shadow</a> <a href="Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Financial Secretary to the Treasury">Financial Secretary to the Treasury</a>, but in October 1998 he resigned from the front bench, owing to ill health, remaining on the backbenches until Hague appointed him as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party.

</p><p>From 1999 he was a member of the <a href="Treasury_Select_Committee" title="Treasury Select Committee">Treasury Select Committee</a> and chairman of its Sub-Committee (2001–10). He also served on the executive committee of the <a href="1922_Committee" title="1922 Committee">1922 Committee</a> between 2005 and 2007.

</p><p>In September 2012, <a href="David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> appointed Fallon as <a href="Minister_(government)" title="Minister (government)">Minister</a> for <a href="Department_for_Business%2C_Innovation_and_Skills" title="Department for Business, Innovation and Skills">Business and Enterprise</a> and he also became a <a href="Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Councillor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Fallon has been a director at <a href="Tullett_Prebon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tullett Prebon">Tullett Prebon</a>, a leading brokerage firm in the City of London, and was one of the biggest supporters of the <a href="Privatisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Privatisation">privatisation</a> of the <a href="Royal_Mail" title="Royal Mail">Royal Mail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In January 2014, Fallon was appointed as <a href="Minister_for_Portsmouth" title="Minister for Portsmouth">Minister for Portsmouth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six months later, on 15 July 2014, Cameron promoted him to the Cabinet, as Secretary of State for Defence.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Defence_(2014–2017)">Secretary of State for Defence (2014–2017)</h3></div>

<p>In February 2016, the week after a leaked <a href="United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> report had found the Saudi-led coalition guilty of conducting "widespread and systematic" <a href="Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">air strikes against civilians in Yemen</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – including camps for internally displaced people, weddings, schools, hospitals, religious centers, vehicles and markets<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – and the same day the <a href="International_Development_Select_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="International Development Select Committee">International Development Select Committee</a> had said that the UK should end all arms exports to <a href="Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> because of ongoing, large-scale human rights violations by the Kingdom's armed forces in Yemen, Fallon was criticised for attending a £450-a-head dinner for an arms-industry trade-body.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In December 2016, Fallon admitted that UK-supplied internationally banned <a href="Cluster_munition" title="Cluster munition">cluster munitions</a> had been used in <a href="Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>'s bombing campaign in <a href="Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In April 2017, Fallon confirmed that the UK would use <a href="Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom">its nuclear weapons</a> in a "<a href="Pre-emptive_nuclear_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-emptive nuclear strike">pre-emptive initial strike</a>" in "the most extreme circumstances" on BBC Radio's <i><a href="Today_(BBC_Radio_4)" title="Today (BBC Radio 4)">Today</a></i> programme.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 2017, Fallon warned that <a href="Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>'s <a href="Zapad_2017_exercise" class="mw-redirect" title="Zapad 2017 exercise">Zapad 2017 exercise</a> in <a href="Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> and Russia's <a href="Kaliningrad_Oblast" title="Kaliningrad Oblast">Kaliningrad Oblast</a> was "designed to provoke us". Fallon falsely claimed that number of Russian troops taking part in exercise could reach 100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="European_Union">European Union</h4></div>

<p>In an interview in <i><a href="The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> in 2016, before the <a href="2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">European Union (EU) membership referendum</a>, Fallon described himself as <a href="Eurosceptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurosceptic">Eurosceptic</a> and critical of many aspects of the <a href="EU" class="mw-redirect" title="EU">EU</a>, but said that he wanted Britain to remain in the EU, in the face of multiple threats from Russia's president <a href="Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>, crime, and international terrorism.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Run-up_to_the_2015_general_election">Run-up to the 2015 general election</h4></div>

<p>During the run-up to the <a href="2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Fallon wrote an article in <i><a href="The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> saying that <a href="Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> had stabbed his brother <a href="David_Miliband" title="David Miliband">David Miliband</a> in the back to <a href="2010_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">become Labour leader</a> and he would also stab Britain in the back to become prime minister. Fallon subsequently declined the opportunity to describe Miliband as a decent person and his comments embarrassed some Conservative supporters. Miliband gave a response, saying that Fallon had fallen below his usual standards and demeaned himself, which the <i><a href="New_Statesman" title="New Statesman">New Statesman</a></i> asserted was dignified, contrasting with Fallon's counter-productive personal attack.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Expenses_scandal">Expenses scandal</h4></div>

<p>According to <i>The Daily Telegraph</i> Fallon, Deputy Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, claimed for mortgage repayments on his Westminster flat in their entirety. MPs are only allowed to claim for interest charges.<sup id="cite_ref-expenses_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-expenses-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Between 2002 and 2004, Fallon regularly claimed £1,255 per month in capital repayments and interest, rather than the £700–£800 for the interest component alone.<sup id="cite_ref-expenses_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-expenses-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his error was noticed by staff at the Commons Fees Office in September 2004, he asked: "Why has no one brought this to my attention before?" <sup id="cite_ref-expenses_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-expenses-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He repaid £2,200 of this over-claim, but was allowed to offset the remaining £6,100 against his allowance. After realising they had failed to notice the excessive claims, Commons staff reportedly suggested Fallon submit fresh claims which would "reassign" the surplus payments to other costs he had legitimately incurred.<sup id="cite_ref-expenses_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-expenses-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Allegations_of_sexual_harassment,_inappropriate_behaviour_and_resignation">Allegations of sexual harassment, inappropriate behaviour and resignation</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Weinstein_effect" title="Weinstein effect">Weinstein effect</a></div>

<p>In late October 2017 it was reported that Fallon had repeatedly and inappropriately touched journalist <a href="Julia_Hartley-Brewer" title="Julia Hartley-Brewer">Julia Hartley-Brewer</a>'s knee during a dinner in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hartley-Brewer recalled that after Fallon kept putting his hand on her knee, she "calmly and politely explained to him, that if he did it again, I would punch him in the face".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fallon resigned two days later believing his "previous conduct" towards women had "fallen below" what is acceptable.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hartley-Brewer expressed shock at the resignation, saying: "I didn't feel it was something that needed any further dealing with".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>It was subsequently reported Fallon had been forced to resign in part due to an allegation of inappropriate and lewd comments towards fellow Conservative MP <a href="Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a> when they both sat on the Treasury Select Committee. He was also accused of making comments of a sexual nature about other MPs on the committee and members of the public who attended hearings.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former political editor of <i><a href="The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent on Sunday</a></i>, <a href="Jane_Merrick" title="Jane Merrick">Jane Merrick</a>, said in <i><a href="The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i> in early November 2017 that Fallon was the previously unnamed Conservative MP who had "lunged" at her a decade and a half earlier. She had contacted Downing Street about the incident several hours before he resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Observer</i> reported on the same day that "the revelation was the tipping point for No 10, which ... had been compiling a list of alleged incidents involving Fallon since claims against him were first made."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In September 2019, Fallon announced he would not seek re-election at the <a href="2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 United Kingdom general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_outside_Parliament">Career outside Parliament</h2></div>

<p>Between 1992 and 1997, Fallon set up a chain of children's nurseries called <i>Just Learning</i> with funding from the British <i><a href="Dragons'_Den_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragons' Den (UK TV series)">Dragons' Den</a></i> member <a href="Duncan_Bannatyne" title="Duncan Bannatyne">Duncan Bannatyne</a>, becoming <a href="Chief_executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief executive">chief executive</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div>

<p>Fallon has been married to Wendy Elisabeth Payne, a HR professional, since 27 September 1986; the couple have two sons.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The family lives in <a href="Sundridge%2C_Kent" title="Sundridge, Kent">Sundridge, Kent</a>.

</p><p>He was banned from driving for 18 months in 1983 after admitting a drink-driving offence during the general election campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Fallon was made a <a href="Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> (KCB) for political and public service as part of the <a href="Resignation_Honours" class="mw-redirect" title="Resignation Honours">Resignation Honours</a> of the outgoing prime minister <a href="David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2></div>

<ul><li><i>The Quango Explosion: Public Bodies and Ministerial Patronage</i> by <a href="Philip_Holland_(politician)" title="Philip Holland (politician)">Philip Holland</a> and Michael Fallon, 1978, Conservative Political Centre, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">

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<li><i>Sovereign Members</i> by Michael Fallon, 1982</li>

<li><i>The Rise of the Euroquango</i> by Michael Fallon, 1982, <a href="Adam_Smith_Institute" title="Adam Smith Institute">Adam Smith Institute</a>, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-906517-22-2</bdi></li>

<li><i>Brighter Schools: Attracting Private Investment into State Schools</i> by Michael Fallon, 1993, <a href="Social_Market_Foundation" title="Social Market Foundation">Social Market Foundation</a>, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-874097-15-1</bdi></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> (2010–2016)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a> (2010–2015)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a> (2010–2016)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a> (2010–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for the Home Department">Secretary of State for the Home Department</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> (2010–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Secretary of State for Justice">Secretary of State for Justice</a><br><a href="Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a> (2012–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a> (2011–2014)</li>

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<ul><li><a href="Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Vince Cable</a> (2010–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a> (2010–2016)</li>

<li><a href="Stephen_Crabb" title="Stephen Crabb">Stephen Crabb</a> (2016)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Chris_Huhne" title="Chris Huhne">Chris Huhne</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Ed Davey</a> (2012–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Andrew_Lansley" title="Andrew Lansley">Andrew Lansley</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a> (2012–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Secretary of State for Education">Secretary of State for Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> (2010–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Eric_Pickles" title="Eric Pickles">Eric Pickles</a> (2010–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Secretary of State for Transport">Secretary of State for Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a> (2010–2011)</li>

<li><a href="Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a> (2011–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a> (2012–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Environment%2C_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Caroline_Spelman" title="Caroline Spelman">Caroline Spelman</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson</a> (2012–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_International_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for International Development">Secretary of State for International Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a> (2012–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Theresa Villiers</a> (2012–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State for Scotland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Danny_Alexander" title="Danny Alexander">Danny Alexander</a> (2010)</li>

<li><a href="Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a> (2010–2013)</li>

<li><a href="Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> (2013–2015)</li>

<li><a href="David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Cheryl_Gillan" title="Cheryl Gillan">Cheryl Gillan</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)" title="David Jones (Clwyd West MP)">David Jones</a> (2012–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Stephen_Crabb" title="Stephen Crabb">Stephen Crabb</a> (2014–2016)</li>

<li><a href="Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a> (2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Culture%2C_Media_and_Sport" title="Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport">Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Maria_Miller" title="Maria Miller">Maria Miller</a> (2012–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a> (2014–2015)</li>

<li><a href="John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cabinet_members_not_heading_a_ministry797" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cabinet members not heading a ministry</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a><br><a href="Paymaster_General" title="Paymaster General">Paymaster General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Francis_Maude" title="Francis Maude">Francis Maude</a> (2010–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Minister of State for Policy</a><br><a href="Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Oliver_Letwin" title="Oliver Letwin">Oliver Letwin</a> (2010–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Department_for_Business%2C_Innovation_and_Skills" title="Department for Business, Innovation and Skills">Minister of State for Universities and Science</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a> (2010–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a> (2014–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="George_Young%2C_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">George Young</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Lansley" title="Andrew Lansley">Andrew Lansley</a> (2012–2014)</li>

<li><a href="William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a> (2014–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">Chief Whip in the House of Commons</a><br><a href="Parliamentary_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury">Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a> (2012)</li>

<li><a href="George_Young%2C_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">George Young</a> (2012–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> (2014–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Mark_Harper" title="Mark Harper">Mark Harper</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Leader_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the House of Lords">Leader of the House of Lords</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Thomas_Galbraith%2C_2nd_Baron_Strathclyde" title="Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde">The Lord Strathclyde</a> (2010–2013)</li>

<li><a href="Jonathan_Hill%2C_Baron_Hill_of_Oareford" title="Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford">The Lord Hill of Oareford</a> (2013–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Tina_Stowell%2C_Baroness_Stowell_of_Beeston" title="Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston">The Baroness Stowell of Beeston</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chief_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Chief Secretary to the Treasury">Chief Secretary to the Treasury</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="David_Laws" title="David Laws">David Laws</a> (2010)</li>

<li><a href="Danny_Alexander" title="Danny Alexander">Danny Alexander</a> (2010–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Greg_Hands" title="Greg Hands">Greg Hands</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Minister_without_portfolio_(United_Kingdom)" title="Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)">Minister without Portfolio</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Sayeeda_Warsi%2C_Baroness_Warsi" title="Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi">The Baroness Warsi</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</a> (2012–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Grant Shapps</a> (2012–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Robert_Halfon" title="Robert Halfon">Robert Halfon</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General for England and Wales</a><br><a href="Advocate_General_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Advocate General for Northern Ireland">Advocate General for Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Dominic_Grieve" title="Dominic Grieve">Dominic Grieve</a> (2010–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Minister_for_Women_and_Equalities" title="Minister for Women and Equalities">Minister for Women and Equalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Maria_Miller" title="Maria Miller">Maria Miller</a> (2012–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Minister of State for Employment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a> (2014–2015)</li>

<li><a href="Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="George_Young%2C_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">George Young</a> (2010–2012)</li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Lansley" title="Andrew Lansley">Andrew Lansley</a> (2012–2014)</li>

<li><a href="Tina_Stowell%2C_Baroness_Stowell_of_Beeston" title="Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston">The Baroness Stowell of Beeston</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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<ul><li><b><a href="David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></b></li>

<li><b><a href="Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a></b></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Danny_Alexander" title="Danny Alexander">Danny Alexander</a></li>

<li><a href="Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Vince Cable</a></li>

<li><a href="Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a></li>

<li><a href="Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</a></li>

<li><a href="Stephen_Crabb" title="Stephen Crabb">Stephen Crabb</a></li>

<li><a href="Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Ed Davey</a></li>

<li><a href="Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a></li>

<li><a href="Cheryl_Gillan" title="Cheryl Gillan">Cheryl Gillan</a></li>

<li><a href="Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></li>

<li><a href="Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></li>

<li><a href="Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a></li>

<li><a href="William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a></li>

<li><a href="Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a></li>

<li><a href="Jonathan_Hill%2C_Baron_Hill_of_Oareford" title="Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford">Lord Hill of Oareford</a></li>

<li><a href="Chris_Huhne" title="Chris Huhne">Chris Huhne</a></li>

<li><a href="Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li>

<li><a href="David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)" title="David Jones (Clwyd West MP)">David Jones</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Lansley" title="Andrew Lansley">Andrew Lansley</a></li>

<li><a href="David_Laws" title="David Laws">David Laws</a></li>

<li><a href="Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li>

<li><a href="Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li>

<li><a href="Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></li>

<li><a href="Maria_Miller" title="Maria Miller">Maria Miller</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a></li>

<li><a href="Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a></li>

<li><a href="Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a></li>

<li><a href="George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a></li>

<li><a href="Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson</a></li>

<li><a href="Eric_Pickles" title="Eric Pickles">Eric Pickles</a></li>

<li><a href="Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Grant Shapps</a></li>

<li><a href="Caroline_Spelman" title="Caroline Spelman">Caroline Spelman</a></li>

<li><a href="Tina_Stowell%2C_Baroness_Stowell_of_Beeston" title="Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston">Baroness Stowell of Beeston</a></li>

<li><a href="Thomas_Galbraith%2C_2nd_Baron_Strathclyde" title="Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde">Lord Strathclyde</a></li>

<li><a href="Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li>

<li><a href="Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Theresa Villiers</a></li>

<li><a href="Sayeeda_Warsi%2C_Baroness_Warsi" title="Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi">Baroness Warsi</a></li>

<li><a href="George_Young%2C_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">George Young</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li>

<li><a href="Dominic_Grieve" title="Dominic Grieve">Dominic Grieve</a></li>

<li><a href="Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></li>

<li><a href="Oliver_Letwin" title="Oliver Letwin">Oliver Letwin</a></li>

<li><a href="Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li>

<li><a href="Francis_Maude" title="Francis Maude">Francis Maude</a></li>

<li><a href="David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a></li>

<li><a href="Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li>

<li><a href="Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li>