Tony McNulty
Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality | |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 5 May 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Des Browne |
Succeeded by | Liam Byrne |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 29 May 2002 – 10 September 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Sally Keeble |
Succeeded by | Charlotte Atkins |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 12 June 2001 – 29 May 2002 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Jane Kennedy (1999) |
Succeeded by | Phil Woolas |
Member of Parliament for Harrow East | |
In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Dykes |
Succeeded by | Bob Blackman |
Personal details | |
Born | Kensington, London, England | 3 November 1958
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) |
Gillian Travers (m. 1994) |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | |
Anthony James "Tony" McNulty (born 3 November 1958) is a British politician who was the
Background, education and early political career
His father migrated to England from County Donegal, Ireland.[1]
McNulty was educated at the
Parliamentary career
McNulty was an unsuccessful Labour candidate for Harrow East in the 1992 general election, but was elected as the constituency's MP in the May 1997 general election. He served as a Whip from 1999 to 2002, following a period as Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Blunkett. McNulty was then appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister with responsibility for neighbourhood renewal, housing and planning. He was moved to the Department for Transport in June 2003 as Parliamentary Under Secretary with responsibility for aviation, local transport, and London, and was promoted to Minister of State with responsibility for Rail and London in September 2004.[4][5]
McNulty moved to the
MPs' expenses controversy
In 2009, McNulty was one of many MPs who were involved in a political scandal following the disclosure of expenses of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament. In March 2009, he admitted claiming expenses on a second home, occupied by his parents, which was 8 miles away from his primary residence, after details appeared in The Mail on Sunday.[8] McNulty said that the claim was appropriate, but he ceased claiming the allowances.[citation needed] He was asked to apologise to the House of Commons and repay £13,837,[9] which he did.[10]
In an article headlined "Tony McNulty, Benefit Cheat", Alex Massie in a blog for The Spectator contrasted the statements made by McNulty regarding benefit cheats with his own claims for expenses.[11] On 18 May 2007, McNulty was one of the 98 MPs who voted in favour of exempting parliamentarians from the application of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.[12]
On 5 June 2009, after the revelations in the expenses scandal, McNulty resigned from the government.[13] At the 2010 general election, McNulty lost to Bob Blackman of the Conservative Party.[10]
Personal life
In September 2002, McNulty married
In the 1980s McNulty played rugby union for Watford RFC, as did his brother Richard (Dickie).
References
- ^ "Publications and Records".
- ^ "BBC Politics 97". BBC. 1997.
- ^ "Tony McNulty". YourDemocracy.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Tony McNulty: Electoral history and profile". Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "A selection of Tony McNulty's votes". Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Reid swaps immigration ministers". BBC News. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ McNulty comments on benefit fraud
- ^ "McNulty defends expenses claims". BBC News. 22 March 2009.
- ^ Mulholland, Hélène; Wintour, Patrick (29 October 2009). "Tony McNulty apologises after being ordered to repay £13,837 in expenses". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Expenses casualty Tony McNulty loses Harrow East". London Evening Standard. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ Massie, Alex (26 March 2009). "Tony McNulty, Benefit Cheat". The Spectator. London.
- ^ "How Your MP voted on the FOI Bill". The Times. London. 20 May 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ Rayner, Gordon (6 June 2009). "Tony McNulty quits Government in wake of expenses row". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 March 2018.