- Andrew MacKinlay
Infobox MP
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name = Andrew MacKinlay
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constituency_MP = Thurrock
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majority = 6,375 (14.6%)
predecessor =Timothy Janman
successor =Incumbent
term_start = 9 April 1992
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1949|04|24|df=yes
birth_place =Hampstead
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nationality = British
spouse = Ruth Segar
party = Labour
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religion =Roman Catholic
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footnotes =Andrew Stuart MacKinlay (born 24 April 1949,
Hampstead ) is a British politician. He has been themember of Parliament for Thurrock since 1992 and is a member of the Labour Party.Early life
Andrew Mackinlay was educated variously at St Joseph's School,
Wembley [http://www.brent.gov.uk/Educ.nsf/vwalldocs/SCHDOC-68?open] ; [http://www.oli.kingston.sch.uk/index.asp Our Lady Immaculate Primary School] ,Tolworth ; the Salesian College (grammar school, now called Salesian School) on "Highfield Road" inChertsey ; and Kingston College.He worked for ten years from 1965 as a committee clerk with
Surrey County Council and from 1975 until his election to parliament he was a union official with theNational Association of Local Government Officers (NALGO). He joined NALGO in 1965 and the Labour Party the following year. He was elected as a councillor in 1971 in theRoyal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and served for seven years.Parliamentary career
He stood unsuccessfully for Labour in the following elections:
* February 1974 General Election: Surbiton
* October 1974 General Election: Surbiton
* 1983 General Election: Croydon Central
* 1984 European Elections:London South & Surrey East division
* 1987 General Election: PeterboroughIn 2003, he famously described Dr. David Kelly as "chaff" during Dr. Kelly's appearance before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. His question was::I reckon you are chaff; you have been thrown up to divert our probing. Have you ever felt like a fall-guy? You have been set up, have you not? [ [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmfaff/1025/3071510.htm Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Minutes of Evidence] Q167] so in this context "chaff" is a reference to the radar countermeasure rather than to something of little value. It emerged during Kelly's subsequent inquest that Kelly had been deeply upset by his treatment before the Committee and he had privately described an MP, assumed to be MacKinlay, as an "utter bastard" [Neil Tweedie and Sandra Laville [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/09/02/nkell202.xml 'Dad said interrogator MP was utter bastard'] "The Daily Telegraph" 2 September 2003. Retrieved 12 October 2007]
According to one report, in May 2007, MacKinlay made the nomination that resulted in
Gordon Brown having enough nominations to be certain of not facing a contest over the leadership of the party. [Nick Robinson [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2007/05/its_official_it.html It's official. It's Brown] 16 May 2007] However, another report states that the decisive nomination was made by Tony Wright [BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6660565.stm Brown will enter No 10 unopposed] 16 May 2007] with MacKinlay yet to nominate at that point.Personal life
He is a keen researcher on
World War I history, travelling and discoveringIreland , and is an honorary patron ofTilbury F.C. . He married his wife Ruth (née Segar) on 21 October 1972. They have two sons and a daughter. He employs his wife as his Personal Assistant. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3279632.ece Family jobs and parliamentary passes] "The Times" 31 January 2008] His daughter, Sarah MacKinlay, is editor of the political lifestyle magazine 'Total Politics '.Political views and controversy
He supports the abolition of the monarchy. [ He is listed as a supporter by Republic - the campaign group for an elected head of state. [http://www.republic.org.uk/supporters/index.php Our supporters] ]
On 28 June 2008 he was reported by
Mail Online to have received a warning fromDowning Street afterMI5 discovered that he was holding meetings with a suspected Russian spy Alexander Polyakov, officially a counsellor at the Russian Embassy in London; it was also claimed that MacKinlay had been targeted by aides of Russia's richest man,Oleg Deripaska , as a 'stooge' for use in a High Court battle. [cite web
last = Owen
first = Glen
title = Labour MP pulled before chief whip for inviting 'Russian spy' to tea in the Commons
work =Mail Online
publisher =Daily Mail
date = 2008-06-28
url = http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1030235/Labour-MP-pulled-chief-whip-inviting-Russian-spy-tea-Commons.html
accessdate = 2008-06-30 ]References
External links
* [http://www.andrewmackinlay.co.uk Andrew MacKinlay MP] official site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3276,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Andrew Mackinlay MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/andrew_mackinlay/thurrock TheyWorkForYou.com - Andrew MacKinlay MP]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/hutton/keyplayers/story/0,13842,1031853,00.html Hutton inquiry witness] 29 August 2003
* [http://www.thurrocklabourparty.org.uk Thurrock Labour Party]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/578.stm BBC Politics page]News items
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/talking_politics/811742.stm On the benches: Andrew Mackinlay reviews the week in politics for BBC News Online] 30 June 2000
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1605269.stm Democracy 'requires dissent'] 18 October 2001
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3180805.stm Mackinlay defends Kelly grilling] 26 August 2003
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3182013.stm Analysis: Chaff MP puts case] 26 August 2003
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6179394.stm MP calls for border toll scheme] 24 November 2006Media files
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1815000/video/_1817574_mercenaries00_mackinlay_vi.ram Mercenaries] (BBC video 13 February 2002)
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