Michael Alison

Michael Alison
Michael Alison
Member of Parliament; for Selby
	In office; 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Succeeded by	John Grogan
Member of Parliament; for Barkston Ash
	In office; 15 October 1964 – 13 May 1983
Preceded by	Leonard Ropner
Personal details
Born	Michael James Hugh Alison; 27 June 1926; Margate, Kent, England
Died	28 May 2004 (aged 77)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Sylvia Haigh (m. 1958)
Children	3 (including James)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Wadham College, Oxford; Ridley Hall, Cambridge;

Michael James Hugh Alison (27 June 1926 – 28 May 2004)^[1] was a British Conservative politician.

Born in Margate, Kent,^[2] Alison was educated at Eton College; Wadham College, Oxford; and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was a councillor on Kensington Borough Council from 1956 to 1959 and a research worker on foreign affairs at the Conservative Research Department from 1958 to 1964.

He served as Member of Parliament for Barkston Ash from the 1964 general election until that constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election,^[3] and then for the constituency of Selby which replaced it, from 1983 until he stood down at the 1997 general election.^[3]

He held various junior ministerial posts under Margaret Thatcher, including serving as her Parliamentary Private Secretary and as a Minister of State. For ten years from 1987 he was the Second Church Estates Commissioner.^[4]

Family

In 1958 he married Sylvia Haigh, with whom he would have two sons and a daughter. His son, James, is a noted Christian theologian and advocate of the acceptance of homosexuals in the Church.^[5]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
^ "Michael Alison". Telegraph. 29 May 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "2" (part 1)
^ Alison. "Alison, Rt Hon. Michael James Hugh". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1926–2004 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Alison, James (2001). Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay. New York: Crossroad. p. 194. ISBN 0824519221.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Michael Alison

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Leonard Ropner	Member of Parliament for Barkston Ash 1964–1983	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Selby 1983–1997	Succeeded by John Grogan

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[rayment-b-ash1-1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)

[2] "Michael Alison". Telegraph. 29 May 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[rayment-b-ash-3] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "2" (part 1)

[4] Alison. "Alison, Rt Hon. Michael James Hugh". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1926–2004 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[5] Alison, James (2001). Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay. New York: Crossroad. p. 194. ISBN 0824519221.

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