David John Mellor was born on 12 March 1949 and is a British broadcaster, barrister, and former politician.
22 Facts About David Mellor
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David Mellor was the Member of Parliament for Putney from 1979 to 1997.
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Since leaving Parliament, Mellor has worked as a newspaper columnist, a radio presenter, and an after-dinner speaker.
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David Mellor served as Chairman of the government's 'Football Task Force'.
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David Mellor ceased to practise in 1979 upon being elected as an MP, and he remains "non-practising".
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David Mellor was made Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Energy in 1981.
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In 1983, David Mellor was appointed as a minister in the Home Office where he was involved in several pieces of legislation, including the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.
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David Mellor was involved with legislation enabling the re-investigation of miscarriages of justice, and with the Animals Act 1986.
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In 1987, David Mellor was moved to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office by Thatcher, and was made responsible for the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union.
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David Mellor was briefly Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 1988, where he was responsible for health service reforms.
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David Mellor was made a Privy Councillor in 1990 by Thatcher, shortly before she resigned as Prime Minister.
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David Mellor was briefly Minister for the Arts in 1990 before entering John Major's new Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in November of that year.
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David Mellor was interviewed in December 1991 on the TV programmne Hard News following the establishment of the Calcutt Review inquiring into Press Standards.
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David Mellor contested the 1997 general election, but was defeated by the Labour Party's Tony Colman as one of the most notable Tory casualties as Labour won by a landslide to end nearly 20 years of Conservative government.
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David Mellor was chairman of the incoming Labour government's 'Football Task Force' from August 1997 until its dissolution in 1999.
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David Mellor has pursued a career in journalism, and has written columns for six national newspapers including the Evening Standard, The Guardian and The People, often on current affairs, but his specialist interests of sport and the arts.
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David Mellor regularly presented football-related programmes on BBC Radio 5 until 2001, and classical music programmes on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3 for six years.
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Since 2000, David Mellor has been a radio presenter at Classic FM.
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David Mellor is an opera and classical music critic for the newspaper The Mail on Sunday.
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In June 2010, it was reported in The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror that David Mellor called a chef a "fat bastard" during a licensing wrangle at the River Lounge restaurant near his home at St Katharine Docks, East London.
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David Mellor later told the media that he regretted losing his temper but blamed the driver for provoking him.
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David Mellor married Judith Hall in Worthing on 20 July 1974.