UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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George Young

Born: 16 July 1941

Baron Young - 27 August 2015

6th Baronet - 17 March 1960

Member of Privy Council - 23 June 1993

Eton College

Christ Church, Oxford

University of Surrey

Economist

Under Secretary of State for Health and Social Security	May 1979	1981
Under Secretary of State for Environment	1981	1986
Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)	July 1990	November 1990
Minister for Housing and Planning	November 1990	20 July 1994
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	20 July 1994	5 July 1995
Secretary of State for Transport	5 July 1995	2 May 1997
Leader of the House of Commons	12 May 2010	4 September 2012
Government Chief Whip	19 October 2012	4 July 2014
Lord in Waiting	25 July 2016	29 August 2019

28 February 1974	Ealing Acton	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,492	43.31
10 October 1974	Ealing Acton	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,669	45.19
3 May 1979	Ealing Acton	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,056	51.85
9 June 1983	Ealing Acton	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,051	49.23
11 June 1987	Ealing Acton	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,499	53.41
9 April 1992	Ealing Acton	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,579	50.60
1 May 1997	North West Hampshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,730	45.24
7 June 2001	North West Hampshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,374	50.12
5 May 2005	North West Hampshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,005	50.73
6 May 2010	North West Hampshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,072	58.31