Cecil Parkinson

Edward Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC ( born September 1, 1931) is a British Conservative politician. As Transport Minister he resigned in 1990 when Margaret Thatcher left office.

Career

Cecil Parkinson was born in a humble background as the son of a railway worker in Carnforth ( Lancashire ), he went to Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancaster. In 1970 he was elected for West Enfield in the House of Commons. In 1974 he moved to the constituency of South Hertfordshire. After the 1979 election, he became a junior Trade Minister. September 1981 he was Leader of the Conservative Party and was given a seat in the Cabinet. From 1981 to 1983 he was Paymaster General, 1982-1983 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

In the 1983 election, he led a very successful campaign and was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry for this purpose, however, was forced to resign in October 1983 after it was revealed that he fathered a daughter Flora Keays in a relationship with his secretary Sara Keays. However, in 1993 he reached a preliminary injunction, which the media is no longer allowed to call his daughter's name. The child suffered from autism and had to be operated from a brain tumor at the age of four years. On the 18th birthday of the child became known that Parkinson had never seen the child or had only written a birthday card.

1987 Cecil Parkinson was then Minister of Energy and Minister of Transport in 1989. He resigned when Margaret Thatcher left office.

After the elections in 1992, he was raised in the County of Lancashire Baron Parkinson of Carnforth. In 1997 he was again elected chairman of the Conservative Party, but withdrew in 1998 from the Policy. But today he is vice chairman of the Conservative Way Forward group within the party.

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  • Cecil Parkinson in Hansard (English)
  • Biography on the website of the House of Lords ( English)
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