Peter Mandelson

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Life Peer
Member of Parliament
for Hartlepool
In office
9 April 1992 – 8 September 2004
Preceded byTed Leadbitter
Succeeded byIain Wright
Personal details
Born
Peter Benjamin Mandelson

(1953-10-21) 21 October 1953 (age 71)
Hendon, Middlesex, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
dom Reinaldo Avila da Silva
​
​
(m. 2023)​
Relatives
Lord Morrison of Lambeth (grandfather)
EducationHendon County Grammar School
Alma materSt Catherine's College, Oxford
Signature
NicknamePrince of Darkness[2]
Peter Mandelson's voice
Mandelson makes a statement
on
EU-China relations

Recorded 24 October 2006

Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson,

British Ambassador to the United States
since February 2025.

A member of the

spin doctor" was applied and being dubbed the "Prince of Darkness"[3][4] because of his "ruthless" and "media savvy" reputation.[5]

Mandelson served as

Life Peer in 2008. In November 2010, he co-founded Global Counsel, a lobbying firm based in London
.

Mandelson has been described as having a "significant influence" on the office of current Labour Party Leader and Prime Minister

HM Ambassador to the United States.[3]

Early life and education

Peter Mandelson was born at

Attlee government.[16] Mandelson was raised in Hampstead Garden Suburb; recalling his childhood, he said: "my whole upbringing was framed around the Suburb – my friendships and values".[17]

Education

Mandelson attended the Garden Suburb School,

Young Communist League due to the UK's support of the United States' role in the Vietnam War. He was educated at the University of Oxford as an undergraduate of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he read philosophy, politics and economics (PPE); his tutors included Nicholas (now Lord) Stern.[10][19][20]

Early career

As Chairman of the

Lambeth Borough Council in 1979 but stood down in 1982, disillusioned with the state of Labour politics.[23] Mandelson then worked from 1982 to 1985 as a television producer at London Weekend Television on Weekend World, where he formed a friendship with his superior John (now Lord) Birt.[24][25]

Political career

Labour's director of communications

In 1985, the

spin doctor" was applied; he was thus called "the Prince of Darkness".[26][4][25] Mandelson ran the campaign at the 1986 Fulham by-election where Labour defeated the Conservative Party.[27]

For the

Hartlepool, which was then considered a safe seat.[31]

As an MP

Mandelson was first elected to the

Shadow Cabinet members – Gordon Brown and Tony Blair – each regarded as potential future party leaders. Following Smith's sudden death on 12 May 1994, Mandelson opted to back Blair for the leadership, believing him a superior communicator to Brown,[33] and played a leading role in the leadership campaign. This created acrimony between Mandelson and Brown, though they were considered to be allies in the Labour Party.[34]

In 1994, Kate Garvey suggested that Mandelson (who was at the time being derided by the trades unions and other Labour factions), should adopt a nom de guerre throughout Blair's leadership bid, so that he might conceal his considerable role within the campaign team. Mandelson agreed to be called "Bobby" for the duration and was thanked by Blair using this pseudonym in his victory speech.[35][36] After becoming a close ally and trusted adviser to Tony Blair, Mandelson was Labour's election campaign director for the 1997 general election, which Labour won decisively.[37]

Minister without Portfolio

Mandelson was appointed as a

Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Page told the House of Commons Select Committee for Culture and Heritage: "I made several attempts to persuade ministers that standing back from the Dome would be good for them as well as good for the Dome".[39]

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

In July 1998, Mandelson was appointed to the Cabinet as

Register of Members' Interests and resigned in December 1998.[40] Mandelson had also not declared the loan to his lender (the Britannia Building Society) although they decided not to take any action, with the CEO stating "I am satisfied that the information given to us at the time of the mortgage application was accurate."[41] Mandelson initially thought he could weather the press storm, but had to resign when it became clear that the Prime Minister thought nothing else would clear the air.[42] In October 2000, it was reported that Robinson had "accused Peter Mandelson of lying to the Commons about the home loan affair that cost both of them their government jobs."[43][44]

Later, it emerged that while in the role, Mandelson urged PM Blair to proceed with the rollout of the system which later metastasised into the

Horizon IT scandal arguing that it was "only sensible choice".[45]

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Mandelson was out of the Cabinet for ten months. In October 1999 he was appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, replacing Mo Mowlam. In his very first speech in the post he mistakenly referred to himself as the "Secretary of State for Ireland".[46] During his tenure he oversaw the creation of the devolved legislative assembly and power-sharing executive and reform of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

On 24 January 2001, Mandelson resigned from the Government for a second time, following accusations of using his position to influence a passport application.[47][48] He had contacted Home Office Minister Mike O'Brien on behalf of Srichand Hinduja, an Indian businessman who was seeking British citizenship and whose family firm was to become the main sponsor of the "Faith Zone" in the Millennium Dome. At the time Hinduja and his brothers were under investigation by the Indian Government for alleged involvement in the Bofors scandal. Mandelson insisted he had done nothing wrong and was exonerated by an independent inquiry by Sir Anthony Hammond, which concluded that neither Mandelson nor anyone else had acted improperly.[49]

At the 2001 general election Mandelson was challenged by Arthur Scargill of the Socialist Labour Party and by John Booth, a former Labour Party press officer standing as "Genuine Labour",[50] but Mandelson was re-elected with a large majority.[51] In his victory speech, Mandelson said: "It was said that I was facing political oblivion ... Well, they underestimated Hartlepool and they underestimated me because I am a fighter and not a quitter."[52]

Stepping down as MP

Despite Labour success at the June 2001 general election, a third Cabinet appointment did not materialise and Mandelson indicated his interest in becoming the United Kingdom's

Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[53][54] Labour held the seat at the 2004 Hartlepool by-election with a much-reduced majority of 2,033 votes (equating to 40.7% of the vote),[55] being succeeded by Iain Wright
as MP for Hartlepool.

European Commissioner

On 22 November 2004, Mandelson became Britain's European Commissioner, taking the

minister. "When one considers that his new ministerial post deals specifically with business, enterprise and regulatory reform – all areas that are intimately involved with EU legislation, regulation and policy –" the group said, "the conflict of interest is even more stark." Mandelson did not agree that he had a conflict of interests. "He has always had a clear view of British interests and how they are secured by our EU membership," a spokesperson said.[56]

The website Full Fact reported in 2019 that the claim was untrue, stating that while there are rules governing the conduct of current and former EU staff members, which can lead to pensions sanctions, the European Commission had informed them that it would be "probably impossible" for such people to lose their pension for criticising the EU or supporting Brexit. Full Fact also pointed out that there had been multiple cases of both current and ex-commissioners criticising the EU – in April 2019, German former Commissioner Günter Verheugen criticised the EU's Brexit negotiating position, saying "the problem is on the EU side", while in 2017 British former Commissioner Lord Hill had supported "getting on" with Brexit.[57]

Peerage and return to Cabinet

Mandelson (left) with Gordon Brown at the Progressive Governance Conference, February 2010.

On 3 October 2008, as part of

member of the House of Lords.[61][62] On 13 October 2008 he was created Baron Mandelson, of Foy in the County of Herefordshire and of Hartlepool in the County of Durham,[63] being introduced in the House of Lords the same day.[64] Following his return to office, Mandelson supported the planned Heathrow expansion.[65] On 6 March 2009, environmental protester Leila Deen of anti-aviation group Plane Stupid approached him outside a summit on the government's low carbon industrial strategy and threw a cup of green custard in his face in protest over his support for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The protester was cautioned on 9 April for causing "harassment, alarm or distress".[66][67]

In a Cabinet reshuffle on 5 June 2009 Mandelson was appointed

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and that he would continue as President of the Board of Trade.[68][69] Mandelson was a member of 35 of the 43 Cabinet committees and subcommittees.[70]

In August 2009, Mandelson was widely reported to have ordered "technical measures" such as internet disconnection to be included in the draft of the Digital Economy Act 2010 after a "big lobbying operation", even though the Digital Britain report had rejected this type of punishment.[71] The Independent reported that according to their Whitehall sources, Mandelson was persuaded that tough laws were needed to reduce online copyright infringement following an intensive lobbying campaign by influential people in the music and film industry.[72] The paper also reported that this included a meeting with DreamWorks co-founder David Geffen at the Rothschild family villa on the Greek island of Corfu. Mandelson's spokesperson claimed that there had been no discussion of internet piracy during the Corfu dinner and suggested that the decision to reverse Lord Carter's findings had been taken in late July before the trip. The Times reported after the Corfu meeting that an unnamed Whitehall source had confirmed that before this trip, Mandelson had shown little personal interest in the Digital Britain agenda, which has been ongoing for several years. According to the source of The Times, Mandelson returned from holiday and effectively issued an edict that the regulation needed to be tougher.[73]

In August 2011, a

Sir Lucian Grainge, CEO of Universal Music Group, on 2 June 2009 and that on the following day Mandelson advised Lord Carter about the "possibility of [the Secretary of State] having a power to direct OfCom to go directly to introduce technical measures". Mandelson made the formal announcement that technical measures, including disconnection, were to be included in the Digital Economy Bill two months later on 7 August 2009.[74]

An opinion poll conducted by the centre-left think tank Compass found in March 2009 that Mandelson was less disliked by Labour Party members than Deputy Leader Harriet Harman. This was felt to be unusual as Mandelson "historically has been unpopular among Labour members".[75] Blair's assertion in 1996, namely that "my project will be complete when the Labour Party learns to love Peter Mandelson",[76] was seen as prophetic in late September 2009 when Mandelson was enthusiastically received at the party conference in Brighton.[77]

Post-Cabinet

After the Labour Party lost the 2010 general election, Mandelson's memoirs, The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour, were published in July 2010, two months after leaving office.[78][79] The memoirs were subsequently criticised by Labour leadership contenders Ed and David Miliband as too by Andy Burnham.[80]

During this time, he was appointed president of the international think tank Policy Network.

In November 2010, Mandelson and

Ben Wegg-Prosser founded Global Counsel, a London-based lobbying firm with the financial support of WPP, the advertising giant.[81][82]

The firm provides advice for corporate strategists and senior management worldwide.

Lord Mandelson has been criticised for not revealing his clientèle.[83] As a corporate lobbyist, he personally helped clients such as Shein, Shell, Palantir, Alibaba, TikTok, and the UK private water industry obtain meetings with ministers and senior officials.[84][85][86]

In 1999, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, Mandelson was an invited guest of the

Bilderberg Group and attended the annual conferences.[87][88] In January 2011, it was announced that Mandelson would serve as a senior adviser to the advisory investment banking firm, Lazard.[89][90]

In 2013, Lord Mandelson also joined the Board of Trustees of

finance minister or headed a central bank. It was then speculated that Lord Mandelson's name might be put forward to succeed Pascal Lamy as Director-General of the World Trade Organization, backed by David Cameron
.

In May 2012, Mandelson confirmed that he was advising

High Steward of Hull, an ancient ceremonial position held by his grandfather Herbert Morrison in 1956–65 and defunct since 1974.[95]

European Commissioner Mandelson in 2007

After the 2015 Labour leadership election resulted in Jeremy Corbyn becoming the party leader, Mandelson stated that he believed that Labour was now unelectable, but advised party members unhappy with the situation to wait for Corbyn to demonstrate this before working to replace him.[96] He wished for an early general election to force Corbyn out.[97] In February 2017, he said Corbyn had "no idea in the 21st century how to conduct himself as a leader of a party putting itself forward in a democratic election" and "I work every single day to bring forward the end of [Corbyn's] tenure in office".[98]

After the results of the

2017 UK general election became known, Mandelson conceded that Corbyn's election campaign was "very sure-footed" and the result, in which Labour gained seats and denied the Conservatives a majority, unexpected.[99] "I was wrong" about Corbyn, he told BBC News. "I am very surprised, an earthquake has happened in British politics and I did not foresee it", although he doubted Corbyn's ability to gain a Commons majority.[100] Two years later, at the 2019 general election, Labour suffered their worst defeat since the 1930s.[101] Mandelson described the result as "not undeserved", arguing that Corbyn's leadership was one of the main reasons for Labour's defeat.[102]

During the

2016 EU referendum, Mandelson sat on the board on Britain Stronger in Europe, the official "Remain" campaign, which was unsuccessful.[103] Following the Brexit Referendum, Mandelson was an outspoken advocate for a second referendum.[104]

After Roberto Azevêdo announced he would step down as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in September 2020, Mandelson declared an interest in succeeding him. He proceeded to lobby governments around the world for the role,[105] arguing that the WTO had "reached a fork in the road" and had to be "picked up and put back on its feet".[106] Mandelson, an opponent of Brexit, was overlooked in favour of the Conservative Liam Fox:[107] his prospective candidacy ceased when Fox secured the UK Government's nomination.[108]

In 2021, it was reported that Mandelson had been advising Labour leader

Danny Finkelstein.[110]

Contesting the

Lord Hague won.[111][112]

Ambassadorship

In December 2024, Mandelson was nominated as HM Ambassador to the United States.[113][114][115]

Previously opposed to

bully",[116] Mandelson revised his opinion publicly asserting his respect for Trump, according to the will of the people.[117][118] Lord Mandelson assumed office on 10 February 2025.[119][120]

Controversies

During the

2009 expenses scandal, The Daily Telegraph raised questions about the timing of Mandelson's second home allowance claim, dating from 2004, saying, "Lord Mandelson billed the taxpayer for almost £3,000 of work on his constituency home in Hartlepool less than a week after announcing his decision to stand down as an MP." Mandelson said in a statement, "The work done was necessary maintenance. All claims made were reasonable and submitted consistent with parliamentary rules."[121] On 22 April 2005, The Times revealed that Mandelson had spent the previous New Year's Eve on the yacht of Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, which was at the centre of a major EU investigation and although it did not allege impropriety, it did state that Mandelson's visit was inappropriate for a serving European Commissioner.[122]

In 2006,

The Daily Mail reported that Mandelson had received a free cruise on a yacht from Diego Della Valle, a controversial Italian mogul, raising questions as Della Valle's businesses (such as luxury shoe brand Tod's) benefited from tariffs imposed shortly thereafter by Mandelson as EU Trade Commissioner on Chinese shoes.[123][124] Reports also indicated that Mandelson had been lent a private jet by Nat Rothschild, who also benefited from his decisions, while serving as Commissioner.[125][126] Mandelson and Rothschild were accused of corruption leading Rothschild to sue the Daily Mail alleging libel, however Rothschild lost the case.[127]

During the summer of 2008, Mandelson had a widely publicised disagreement with Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.[10] Sarkozy accused him of trying to sell out European farmers and appeared to blame his handling of the Doha round of trade talks for the "no" vote in the Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. Mandelson said his position at world trade talks had been undermined and told the BBC he did not start the row, saying, "I stood up for myself, I'm not to be bullied." He said he believed the row was over but renewed his warnings on protectionism.[10]

In 2008, Mandelson was hospitalised, suffering from a kidney stone. At this time, melamine added to milk in China had caused kidney stones and other ailments in thousands of Chinese children, killing at least six. Ironically, during the previous week Mandelson had drunk a glass of Chinese yoghurt in front of reporters in order to show his confidence in Chinese dairy products, although his own kidney stones were unrelated.[128][129]

In October 2008 Mandelson was reported to have maintained private contacts over several years with

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, most recently on holiday in August 2008 on Deripaska's yacht at Taverna Agni on the Greek island of Corfu.[130] News of the contacts sparked criticism because, as European Union Trade Commissioner, Mandelson had been responsible for two decisions to cut aluminium tariffs that had benefited Deripaska's United Company Rusal.[131] Mandelson denied that there had been a conflict of interest and insisted that he had never discussed aluminium tariffs with Deripaska.[132] On 26 October 2008 the Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague claimed the "whole country" wanted "transparency" about Mandelson's previous meetings with Deripaska. In response, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Mandelson's dealings with Deripaska had been "found to be above board".[133] Mandelson said that meeting business figures from "across the range" in emerging economies was part of his brief as EU Trade Commissioner.[134] On 29 October 2008, while Mandelson was on a ministerial visit to Moscow,[135] it was alleged in the British press that Valery Pechenkin, the head of security at Deripaska's company Basic Element, had organised a swift entry visa for Mandelson when he turned up in Moscow to visit Deripaska in 2005.[136]

In June 2013, writing for the

affiliated trade unions continued to "manipulate parliamentary selections" as was alleged in the 2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection controversy.[137][138] In April 2014, it was reported that Mandelson had strong ties to Russian conglomerate Sistema.[139]

Peter Mandelson has been criticised for being a member of the House of Lords while running a lobbying firm.[140] In 2021, he was the only Labour peer to vote against an amendment denouncing genocide in Xinjiang.[140]

Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

In 2019, UK's

JP Morgan
.

In June 2023, an internal JPMorgan report from 2019, filed to a New York court, found that:

Jeffrey Epstein appears to maintain a particularly close relationship with Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and [Peter] Lord Mandelson, a senior member of the British Government.[141]

In February 2025, when asked about his relationship with Epstein by the Financial Times, Mandelson said "I'm not going to go into this. It's an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?"[142][143]

Non-political commitments

Mandelson served, until 8 October 2008, as President of the

Central School of Speech and Drama.[144] He was replaced in this un-remunerated post by playwright Harold Pinter
, who died two months later.

Guest of honour in 2011 at Herbert Morrison Primary School in Vauxhall, South London, which was hosting a special themed day in honour of Mandelson's grandfather, after whom the school was named,[145]

Lord Mandelson served as Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University from 2016 to 2025.[9][3][146]

Personal life

Mandelson is

translator since March 1998,[149] Lord Mandelson wed his partner on 28 October 2023.[3][150]

Attempted outings and harassment

While his sexual orientation was known to friends, colleagues and constituents, in 1987 the News of the World ran an issue that attempted to out Mandelson as gay.[147] Mandelson preferred to keep his personal life private and as such did not respond.[151] Mandelson was outed again by Matthew Parris in 1998 on the BBC programme Newsnight.[152] This led to press harassment of his partner, with the Daily Express sending a reporter to take pictures of him while he was at his languages course.[147]

An internal investigation later found that the photos had been obtained without Avila da Silva's consent and images of him attempting to cover his face had been secretly deleted. Mandelson phoned the BBC and the Press Complaints Commission following Newsnight's broadcast,[153] and an internal memo was later sent within the BBC, stating: "under no circumstances whatsoever should allegations about the private life of Peter Mandelson be repeated or referred to on any broadcast."[152]

In the media

Honours

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  1. ^ Office vacant from 27 June 2007 to 5 June 2009
  2. ^ Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform between 2008 and 2009; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in 1998

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