Lord Allan of Hallam

Richard Beecroft Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam (born 11 February 1966 in Sheffield) was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam from the general election of Thursday 1 May 1997 until the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April 2005. He was made a life peer as Baron Allan of Hallam, of Ecclesall in the County of South Yorkshire,[1] in the 2010 Dissolution Honours.

Political Career

n 1997, he unseated Irvine Patnick of the Conservative Party achieving a majority of 8,221 with a swing of 15.3%. In 2001, he was re-elected with an increased majority of 9,347. During his tenure, Allan held various committee seats, including the Chair of the House of Commons Information Select Committee and a seat on the House of Commons Liaison Select Committee. Richard Allan was the founding chairman of the Parthenon 2004 campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles.

Allan did not seek reelection at the 2005 general election. He was succeeded by fellow Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg, for whom he acted as campaign manager.

On 22 July 2010, he was created a life peer as Baron Allan of Hallam, of Ecclesall in the County of South Yorkshire, and was introduced in the House of Lords on 26 July 2010,[2] where he sits as a Liberal Democrat peer.

Education

He went to the independent Oundle School in north-east Northamptonshire. He studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and gained a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology in 1988. From Bristol Polytechnic, he gained an MSc in Information Technology in 1990. He was a field archaeologist in Britain, France and the Netherlands in 1984-5, and in Ecuador in 1988-9. He was a computer manager at Avon FHSA in 1991-7.

External Links

http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-allan-of-hallam/397