1. Anthony James McNulty was born on 3 November 1958 and is a retired British politician who was the Labour Member of Parliament for Harrow East from 1997 to 2010.
18 Facts About Tony McNulty
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Tony McNulty resigned his position on 5 June 2009 after allegations in the press regarding his expenses.
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Tony McNulty's father migrated to England from County Donegal, Ireland.
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Tony McNulty was educated at the Salvatorian College, Wealdstone and at Stanmore Sixth Form College.
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Tony McNulty graduated from the University of Liverpool with a BA in Political Theory and Institutions and an MA in Political Science from Virginia Tech in the United States.
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Tony McNulty was an unsuccessful Labour candidate for Harrow East in the 1992 general election, but was elected as the constituency's MP in the May 1997 general election.
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Tony McNulty served as a Whip from 1999 to 2002, following a period as Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Blunkett.
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Tony McNulty was then appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister with responsibility for neighbourhood renewal, housing and planning.
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Tony McNulty was moved to the Department for Transport in June 2003 as Parliamentary Under Secretary with responsibility for aviation, local transport, and London, and was promoted to Minister of State with responsibility for Rail and London in September 2004.
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Tony McNulty moved to the Home Office on 9 May 2005 as Minister of State for Immigration, following the general election reshuffle.
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In Gordon Brown's reshuffle on 3 October 2008, Tony McNulty moved to become Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform at the Department for Work and Pensions and Minister for London, and was permitted to attend cabinet meetings until his resignation on 5 June 2009.
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In 2009, Tony McNulty was one of many MPs who were involved in a political scandal following the disclosure of expenses of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament.
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Tony McNulty said that the claim was appropriate, but he ceased claiming the allowances.
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On 18 May 2007, Tony McNulty was one of the 98 MPs who voted in favour of exempting parliamentarians from the application of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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On 5 June 2009, after the revelations in the expenses scandal, Tony McNulty resigned from the government.
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At the 2010 general election, Tony McNulty lost to Bob Blackman of the Conservative Party.
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In September 2002, Tony McNulty married Christine Gilbert, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools for Ofsted, in Hammersmith and Fulham.
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Tony McNulty had first married in 1994 to Gillian Travers, who later stood as a Labour candidate for Ruislip-Northwood in 2001.