Alistair Darling

Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, PC is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2015, most recently for Edinburgh South West. He was the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 2007 to 2010, and was one of only three people to have served in the Cabinet continuously from Labours victory in 1997 until its defeat in 2010, the others being Gordon Brown and Jack Straw.

Alistair Darling was born in London the son of a civil engineer, Thomas, and his wife, Anna MacLean. He is the greatnephew of Sir William Darling, a ConservativeUnionist Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South . He was educated in Kirkcaldy, and the independent Loretto School, in Musselburgh, then attended the University of Aberdeen where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws . He became the President of Aberdeen University Students Representative Council.

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