Michael Cathel Fallon (born May 14, 1952, Scotland) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks. May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Sevenoaks is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Michael Fallon, the son of an Irish surgeon, was educated at Craigflower School in Dunfermline; Epsom College and the University of St Andrews where he obtained a MA in classics and ancient history in 1974. After graduation he worked for the Conservative Party; as an assistant to Peter Carrington for three years from 1974 and also working in the House of Lords Whips Office. In 1977 he worked with the European Economic Community office within the Conservative Central Office. He became a personal assistant to Diana Elles, a Member of the European Parliament. A typical modern surgical operation For other uses, see Surgery (disambiguation). ... The Royal Burgh of Dunfermline (in Gaelic, Dùn Fearam Linn), is a town and burgh in Fife, Scotland, that sits on high ground 3 miles from the shore of the Firth of Forth, northwest of Edinburgh. ... Epsom College is a co-educational Public School in Epsom, Surrey, England with around 720 pupils, and a member of the Headmasters Conference. ... The University of St Andrews was founded between 1410 and 1413 and is the oldest university in Scotland (and third oldest in the English speaking world). ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ... Ancient history is the study of significant cultural and political events from the beginning of human history until the Early Middle Ages. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... The Right Honourable Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC,DL (born 6 June 1919) is a British Conservative politician and served as British Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as Secretary-General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... Conservative Central Office (CCO) is the headquarters of the British Conservative Party, housing its central staff and committee members. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

Following the death of Ted Fletcher, the Labour MP for Darlington on February 12, 1983, he was chosen to contest the seat for the Tories. Although he lost the 1983 Darlington by-election held on March 24, 1983 to Labour's Ossie O'Brien by some 2,412 votes, just 77 days later Fallon defeated O'Brien at Darlington by 3,438 votes and he remained the MP there until the 1992 General Election when he was ousted by Labour's Alan Milburn by a margin of 2,798 votes. He re-entered Parliament at the 1997 general election in the safe Conservative constituency of Sevenoaks following the retirement of the sitting Tory MP Mark Wolfson and has served as the MP there since. The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Darlington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of UK by-elections, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... Rt. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... Sevenoaks is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

In parliament Michael Fallon was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy Cecil Parkinson following the 1987 General Election, and in 1988 joined the government of Margaret Thatcher as an Assistant Whip, becoming a Lord Commissioner to the Treasury in 1990. He became the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education and Science later in 1990 under the new premiership of John Major, a position he held until his defeat at the 1992 General Election. The Palace of Westminster, known also as the Houses of Parliament, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) conduct their sittings. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... The Secretary of State for Energy was a UK cabinet position from 1974 to 1992. ... Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC (born September 1, 1931), is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet minister. ... The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (b. ... The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury (Her/His Majestys Treasury) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... This article is about the year. ... A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... The Department for Education and Skills is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of government and so exercises many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... Sir John Major, KG, CH, (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served in the Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, before succeeding Thatcher as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997. ...

Following his re-election at the 1997 General Election he was briefly an Opposition spokesman on Trade and Industry, and when William Hague took over the leadership of the party he became a spokesman on the treasury although was dropped by Hague in 1998, and has remained on the backbenches since. Since 1999 he has been a member of the Treasury Select Committee. The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... William Hague The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and currently Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... Leaders of the Conservative Party since 1834. ... The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury (Her/His Majestys Treasury) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A backbencher is a Member of Parliament or a legislature who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ...

He has been married to Wendy Elizabeth Payne since 1986 and they have two sons. During the period he was out of parliament he was a director for Quality Care Homes. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Publications

• The Quango Explosion: Public Bodies and Ministerial Patronage by Philip Holland and Michael Fallon, 1978, Conservative Political Centre ISBN 0850706211
• Sovereign Members by Michael Fallon, 1982
• The Rise of the Euroquango by Michael Fallon, 1982, Adam Smith Institute ISBN 0906517222
• Brighter Schools: Attracting Private Investment into State Schools by Michael Fallon, 1993, Social Market Foundation ISBN 1874097151

External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Michael Fallon MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Michael Fallon MP
• Michael Fallon website