Richard Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam

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Richard Beecroft Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam (born February 11, 1966 in Sheffield ) is a British politician of the Liberal Democrats . He was a member of the House of Commons from 1997 to 2005 and was named Life Peer in 2010.

life and career

Allan attended Oundle School , an independent school , in northeast Northamptonshire . He studied at Pembroke College and graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in archeology and anthropology . He received a Master of Science degree in information technology from Bristol Polytechnic in 1990 . From 1984 to 1985 he worked as a field archaeologist in Great Britain , France and the Netherlands , and later from 1988 to 1989 in Ecuador . From 1991 to 1997 he was a computer manager for the Avon Family Health Services Authority (Avon FHSA).

Allan was from 1993 to 1995 Councilor ( Councilor ) of Avon County Council and Deputy Chairman ( Deputy Leader ) of the group of the Liberal Democrats. From 1994 to 1995 he was a member of Bath City Council .

Membership in the House of Commons

In the 1997 general election , he won against Irvine Patnick from the Conservative Party with a majority of 8,221 with a turnaround of 15.3%. In 2001 he was re-elected with a majority of 9,347.

During his tenure, Allan served on various Select Committees . He was chairman of the House of Commons Information Select Committee from 1998 to 2001 . He served on the Liaison Select Committee from 1998 to 2005. Allan was the founding chairman of the Parthenon 2004 campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles . From 1997 to 2001 he was a board member of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (Post). Allen was Liberal Democratic spokesman for Home and Legal Affairs (Community Relations and Urban Affairs) from 1997 to 1999, Education and Labor from 1999 to 2001, Trade and Industry from 2001 to 2002 and for the Cabinet Office from 2002 to 2005.

Allan was a member of other committees. From 1997 to 1998 he was a member of the Committee on Home Affairs and the Committee on Finances and Services from 1997 to 2001. In 2000/2001 he was a member of the Education and Employment (Employment Sub-Committee) . He was a member of the Public Accounts Committee from 2003 to 2005.

Allan did not run for the general election in 2005 . He was succeeded by Nick Clegg , for whom he was campaign manager.

Membership in the House of Lords

Allan was named Life Peer as Baron Allan of Hallam, of Ecclesall in the County of South Yorkshire on July 22, 2010 . Its official induction into the House of Lords was on June 26, 2010, with the assistance of Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker, and Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler . He gave his inaugural address on November 1, 2010.

On the website of the House of Lords , he lists information technology , domestic politics , education and cultural heritage as topics of political interest . He mentions Kenya , the states of Latin America and in particular Ecuador and Colombia as well as the USA as states of interest .

Allan is regularly present on meeting days.

Other offices

Currently (as of April 2012) he is Director of Policy in Europe for Facebook , previously he was Head of Government Affairs for Cisco Systems UK . He gave several interviews on media-critical reports on Facebook. In January 2012, he testified before the Leveson Inquiry on Facebook's behavior in relation to the use of false Internet identities and in relation to the protection of privacy on Facebook.

He is Visiting Fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute and Deputy Chairman of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles .

He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Hansard Society and the Advisory Council of the Open Rights Group .

family

Allan married Louise Netley on May 25, 1991 in Bath . They later separated. Allan has twin daughters with his current partner.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Introduction: Lord Allan of Hallam minutes on the House of Lords website from July 26, 2010
  2. ↑ Minutes of Proceedings of Monday 26 July 2010 Minutes of the meeting on the House of Lords website from July 26, 2010
  3. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed April 8, 2012
  4. ↑ Facebook hires lobbyists to push privacy agenda Article in: The Guardian of June 26, 2009
  5. ↑ Facebook Privacy Interview with Facebook's Richard Allan . New Media Producer , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on February 7, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  6. ↑ Leveson Inquiry: Facebook 'protected by own users' article on BBC News from January 26, 2012
  7. ↑ Richard Allen's The Patter of (Four) Tiny Feet Blog, July 25, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Allan, Richard, Baron Allan of Hallam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allan, Richard Beecroft, Baron Allan of Hallam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Liberal Democrats, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Sheffield