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William Hague
Conservative MP for Richmond (Yorks)
Profile
William Jefferson Hague (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire, and the current First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001.
Educated at a local comprehensive school, then the University of Oxford and INSEAD, Hague was first elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1989. Hague rose through the ranks of John Major’s government and entered the Cabinet in 1995 as the Secretary of State for Wales. Following the Conservatives’ defeat in the 1997 general election, he was elected as leader of the Conservative Party. He resigned as party leader after the 2001 general election following a landslide defeat to the Labour Party. He was the first leader of the Conservatives not to have become Prime Minister since Austen Chamberlain in the early 1920s.
On the backbenches, Hague began a career as an author, writing biographies of William Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce. He also held several directorships, and worked as a consultant and public speaker. After David Cameron was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 2005, Hague returned to front line politics as shadow foreign secretary. And later in 2010, upon Cameron becoming the Prime Minister, Hague took on the roles of First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary.
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Constituents
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Expenses
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) |
|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £13,641 (454th) | £21,376 (321st) |
| London Costs | £0 | £0 |
| Office Running Costs | £19,439 (246th) | £15,726 (443rd) |
| Staffing Costs | £98,637 (209th) | £88,468 (Joint 293rd with 1 other) |
| Communications allowance | £0 | £336 (593rd) |
| Travel Costs | £14,150 (122nd) | £12,941 (175th) |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £5,059 (181st) | £981 (Joint 232nd with 1 other) |
| Postage Costs | £4,061 (130th) | |
| Centrally provided computer equipment | £1,234 (Joint 279th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £150,926 (317th) | £145,123 (351st) |
Data from parliament.uk (source)
Figures in brackets are ranks
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