Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa[a]
In office 13 June 2017 – 25 March 2019
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Preceded by
Tobias Ellwood
Succeeded by
Andrew Murrison
In office 13 May 2010 – 7 October 2013
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Hugh Robertson
Minister of State for International Development
In office 13 June 2017 – 25 March 2019
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Preceded by
James Wharton
Succeeded by
Andrew Murrison
Minister of State for Community and Social Care
In office 11 May 2015 – 15 July 2016
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Norman Lamb
Succeeded by
David Mowat
Minister of State for Disabled
In office 5 July 1995 – 4 May 1997
Prime Minister
John Major
Preceded by
William Hague
Succeeded by
Paul Boateng
Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire
In office 7 June 2001 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by
Nicholas Lyell
Succeeded by
Richard Fuller
Member of Parliament for Bury North
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by
New constituency
Succeeded by
David Chaytor
Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2020
Chancellor
Alan Milburn
Preceded by
The Lord Liddle
Personal details
Born
Alistair James Hendrie Burt
(1955-05-25) 25 May 1955 (age 68) Bury, Lancashire, England
Political party
Conservative (until 2019, 2019–present)
Other political affiliations
Independent (2019)
Spouse
Eve Alexandra Twite
Residence
Wootton, Bedfordshire
Alma mater
St John's College, Oxford
Alistair James Hendrie Burt (born 25 May 1955) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Bedfordshire from 2001 until 2019. He was previously MP for his native Bury North in Greater Manchester from 1983 until 1997.[1] Burt was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State then Minister of State at the Department of Social Security from 1992 to 1997, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2010 to 2013. Burt was also Minister of State at the Department of Health from May 2015 to July 2016.
First elected as a Conservative, Burt had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019. On 29 October he was one of ten Conservative MPs to have the whip restored.[2] He retired at the 2019 general election.[3]
In September 2020 he was appointed as Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University, succeeding Lord Liddle.[4]
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