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Jonathan William Patrick Aitken

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Jonathan Aitken

Born: 30 August 1942

Member of Privy Council - 1994

son of William Traven Aitken

Education

Christ Church, Oxford

Eton College

Appointments

Minister of State for Defence Procurement	11 April 1992	July 1994
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	July 1994	4 July 1995

Elections fought

31 March 1966		Meriden	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,250	46.37
28 February 1974		Thanet East	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,944	46.87
10 October 1974		Thanet East	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,813	46.10
3 May 1979		Thanet East	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,367	57.17
9 June 1983		Thanet South	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,512	56.48
11 June 1987		Thanet South	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,135	54.33
9 April 1992		Thanet South	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,253	51.74
1 May 1997		Thanet South	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,899	39.79
June 1997 Jonathan Aitken resigns from the Privy Council following the collapse of his marriage and libel case against the Guardian newspaper alleging impropriety whilst in office.