George Osborne
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George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and has been Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001, and is currently Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Osborne was educated at St Paul's School, and Magdalen College, Oxford. Originally named Gideon, while at school he changed his name to George.
He joined the Conservative Research Department in 1994 and became Head of the Political Section. From 1995-7 he was the Special Adviser at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and worked in the Political Office at 10, Downing Street. From 1997-2001 he worked for William Hague as a speech writer and Political Secretary. In this role he would help prepare Hague for the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions often playing the role of Blair as part of the preparation.
Elected as the Member of Parliament for Tatton, Cheshire, in June 2001, he succeeded the Independent MP Martin Bell who had famously won it from the controversial former Conservative minister Neil Hamilton at the 1997 election. Osborne won with a majority of 8,611, becoming the youngest Conservative MP in the House of Commons. At the 2005 election he was reelected with an increased majority of 11,731, winning 51.8% of the vote.
In September 2004, Osborne was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and following the 2005 General Election was promoted to Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer at the relatively young age of 33. He has ruled himself out as a possible candidate for the forthcoming Conservative leadership contest, telling the Daily Telegraph: "I am making it clear, I would not be a candidate." He is friends with David Cameron who is another potential future leader. This friendship has led to comparisons with the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown relationship and speculation that they might decide a Granita style deal.
He is the eldest son and heir of Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet, and is married to Frances, elder daughter of David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, a former Conservative Cabinet Minister.
See Also
External links
- George Osborne (http://www.georgeosborne.co.uk/) official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: George Osborne MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6138,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - George Osborne MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/george_osborne/tatton)
- The Public Whip - George Osborne MP (http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=George_Osborne&mpc=Tatton) voting record
- BBC News - George Osborne (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2174435.stm) profile 16 October, 2002
- LookSmart - George Osborne (http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317836/us552286/us526499/us526505/us10234373/us599068/us670882/us10140098/us10140107/us10228464/) directory category
- Open Directory Project - George Osborne (http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties/Conservative/MPs/Osborne,_George/) directory category