Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
In office 8 June 2001 – 29 May 2002
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
John Prescott (Environment, Transport and the Regions)
Succeeded by
Alistair Darling (Transport)
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry President of the Board of Trade
In office 23 December 1998 – 8 June 2001
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Peter Mandelson
Succeeded by
Patricia Hewitt
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 27 July 1998 – 23 December 1998
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Alistair Darling
Succeeded by
Alan Milburn
Minister of State for Schools
In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Eric Forth
Succeeded by
Estelle Morris
Member of Parliament for North Tyneside Wallsend (1992–1997)
In office 9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by
Ted Garrett
Succeeded by
Mary Glindon
North Tyneside Councillor for Howdon ward
In office 1 May 1980 – 10 April 1992
Preceded by
J. Wylie
Succeeded by
T. Cruikshanks
Personal details
Born
Stephen John Byers
(1953-04-13) 13 April 1953 (age 71) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Political party
Labour
Alma mater
Liverpool John Moores University
Stephen John Byers (born 13 April 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallsend between 1992 and 1997, and North Tyneside from 1997 to 2010. He served in the Cabinet from 1998 to 2002, and was implicated in the MP expenses scandal and retired from politics in 2010.
During Byers' ministerial career, he was Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in the Cabinet.
Stephen John Byers (born 13 April 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallsend between 1992 and 1997,...
Patricia Hewitt, Geoff Hoon, Margaret Moran and StephenByers were all suspended from the party. Hoon, Byers and Richard Caborn later also received bans from...
he was moved to the Department for Transport, after his predecessor StephenByers resigned. Darling was given a brief to "take the department out of the...
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Battle Hill Ward on North Tyneside Council, after the previous Labour MP StephenByers announced in November 2009 that he would not contest the next election...
cabinet over a secret home loan he received from Geoffrey Robinson. StephenByers becomes Trade & Industry Secretary. Alan Milburn becomes Chief Secretary...
enquiry in 2001. The project was given the go-ahead in March 2002 by StephenByers, then Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions...
Peter Higgins 11. Mark Bayliss 12. Brad Fox 13. Darren Bennett 14. StephenByers Second round 15. Danny Craven 16. David Bain 17. Brad Edwards 18. Anthony...
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leadership role and took control without a leadership contest. May 2002 – StephenByers resigns and the Department of Transport, Local Government & the Regions...
following an application to the High Court by the then Transport Secretary, StephenByers. Network Rail Ltd. was created with the express purpose of taking over...
1998 – 8 June 2001 Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by StephenByers Succeeded by Stephen Timms Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards...
Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017. "Mr StephenByers". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017. "Mr Alan Milburn". UK Parliament...
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with Geoff Hoon and StephenByers were suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party over the allegations. Whilst Hoon and Byers were both banned from...
(as Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions) StephenByers (as Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions)...
Labour Party, alongside Patricia Hewitt and StephenByers. On 9 December 2010, Hoon, along with StephenByers and Richard Caborn were banned from having...
Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions (1999–2001) StephenByers, Secretary of State for Transport (2001–2002) Secretary of State for...
lobbying firm for fees of £3,000–£5,000 a day. One of those implicated, StephenByers, described himself as "sort of like a cab for hire". In October 2010...
2017. "Fresh Railtrack attack on Byers". The Scotsman. 15 November 2001. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. "Byers to answer charge that he misled...
2021. "Lord Prescott". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021. "Mr StephenByers". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021. "John Spellar". UK Parliament...
Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by Margaret Beckett Succeeded by StephenByers European Commissioner for Trade In office 22 November 2004 – 3 October...
Communities and Local Government David Blunkett – former Home Secretary StephenByers – former Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the...
Tony Blair, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister StephenByers, former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Andrew Dismore Michael...
Peter Mandelson, Jacqui Smith, Liam Byrne, Tessa Jowell, Tristram Hunt, Stephen Twigg, Rachel Reeves and Liz Kendall). In the book, he called for the Labour...
2010, StephenByers, Geoff Hoon and himself were banned from Parliament. The Standards and Privileges Committee banned him for six months whilst Byers received...
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