Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/David_Blunkett> ?p ?o }
- David_Blunkett abstract "David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett (born 6 June 1947) is best known as a British politician and more recently academic, having represented the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency for 28 years through to 7 May 2015 when he stepped down at the general election. Blind since birth, and coming from a poor family in one of Sheffield's most deprived districts, he rose to become Education and Employment Secretary, Home Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary in Tony Blair's Cabinet following Labour's victory in the 1997 general election.He was promoted to become Home Secretary following the 2001 general election, a position he held until 2004, when he resigned following highly publicised matters related to his personal life. Following the 2005 general election, he was appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, though he resigned from that role later that year following a large amount of media coverage relating to external business interests in the period when he did not hold a cabinet post. The Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell (now Lord O'Donnell) exonerated him entirely from any wrongdoing in his letter of 25 November 2005."On 20 June 2014, Blunkett announced to his constituency party that he would be standing down from the House of Commons at the next general election in May 2015. The editor of the right-wing The Spectator magazine Fraser Nelson commented, "He was never under-briefed, and never showed any sign of his disability ... he was one of Labour's very best MPs - and one of the very few people in parliament whose life I would describe as inspirational." Responding to a question from Blunkett on 11 March 2015, Prime Minister David Cameron said "As a new Back Bencher, I will never forget coming to this place in 2001 and, in the light of the appalling terrorist attacks that had taken place across the world, seeing the strong leadership he gave on the importance of keeping our country safe. He is a remarkable politician, a remarkable man."In May 2015 he accepted a professorial chair in Politics in Practice at the University of Sheffield (in 2014 he was invited to be a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences), and in June 2015, agreed to chair the University of Law (formerly the College Of Law, a longstanding higher education institute providing legal education and associated courses). In addition to his other work with charities he also agreed in June 2015 to chair the David Ross Multi Academy Charitable Trust.In August 2015 he was awarded a peerage in the dissolution honours lists. He was created Baron Blunkett, of Brightside and Hillsborough in the City of Sheffield on 28 September 2015.".
- David_Blunkett almaMater Royal_National_College_for_the_Blind.
- David_Blunkett almaMater University_of_Sheffield.
- David_Blunkett birthDate "1947-06-06".
- David_Blunkett birthPlace England.
- David_Blunkett birthPlace Sheffield.
- David_Blunkett birthPlace Yorkshire.
- David_Blunkett birthYear "1947".
- David_Blunkett deputy Alan_Billings.
- David_Blunkett office "Home Secretary".
- David_Blunkett office "Leader of theSheffield City Council".
- David_Blunkett office "Member of Parliament".
- David_Blunkett office "Secretary of State for Education and Employment".
- David_Blunkett office "Secretary of State for Work and Pensions".
- David_Blunkett office "Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment".
- David_Blunkett office "Shadow Secretary of State for Health".
- David_Blunkett office "forSheffield Brightside and Hillsborough".
- David_Blunkett party Labour_Party_(UK).
- David_Blunkett predecessor Alan_Johnson.
- David_Blunkett predecessor Ann_Taylor,_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton.
- David_Blunkett predecessor Gillian_Shephard.
- David_Blunkett predecessor Jack_Straw.
- David_Blunkett predecessor Joan_Maynard.
- David_Blunkett predecessor Robin_Cook.
- David_Blunkett primeMinister Tony_Blair.
- David_Blunkett religion Methodism.
- David_Blunkett successor Charles_Clarke.
- David_Blunkett successor Clive_Betts.
- David_Blunkett successor Estelle_Morris,_Baroness_Morris_of_Yardley.
- David_Blunkett successor Gillian_Shephard.
- David_Blunkett successor Harry_Harpham.
- David_Blunkett successor John_Hutton,_Baron_Hutton_of_Furness.
- David_Blunkett successor Margaret_Beckett.
- David_Blunkett termPeriod David_Blunkett__1.
- David_Blunkett termPeriod David_Blunkett__2.
- David_Blunkett termPeriod David_Blunkett__3.
- David_Blunkett termPeriod David_Blunkett__4.
- David_Blunkett termPeriod David_Blunkett__5.
- David_Blunkett termPeriod David_Blunkett__6.
- David_Blunkett thumbnail David_Blunkett_MP_Where_Next_for_Welfare.jpg?width=300.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink rt_hon_david_blunkett_mp.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink lse:tam398piy.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink blunkett_resigns.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink 4099761.stm.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink 4320827.stm.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink 21_12_04_blunkett_rail.pdf.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink 21_12_04_budd.pdf.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink ministerial-conduct-and-guidance.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink www.acoba.gov.uk.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink britain-blunkett-041215.html.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink lanc01_.html.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageExternalLink 0,,17129-1867436,00.html.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageID "8065844".
- David_Blunkett wikiPageLength "47316".
- David_Blunkett wikiPageOutDegree "207".
- David_Blunkett wikiPageRevisionID "683777280".
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink 10_Downing_Street.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink A_Very_Social_Secretary.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Academy_of_Social_Sciences.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Adult_learner.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Advisory_Committee_on_Business_Appointments.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Alan_Billings.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Alan_Johnson.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Alistair_Beaton.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Andy_Coulson.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Ann_Taylor,_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Annabels.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Anthony_Clarke,_Baron_Clarke_of_Hampstead.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Armando_Iannucci.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink BBC_News.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Bachelor_of_Arts.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Belgravia.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Bernard_Crick.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Blair_ministry.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Blindness.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink British_House_of_Commons.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:1947_births.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Alumni_of_the_Royal_National_College_for_the_Blind.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Blind_politicians.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Secretaries_of_State.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Secretaries_of_State_for_Education.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_socialists.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chairs_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK).
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Councillors_in_Sheffield.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Democratic_socialists.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_diarists.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:International_opponents_of_apartheid_in_South_Africa.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Labour_Party_(UK)_MPs.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Labour_Party_(UK)_life_peers.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Living_people.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_for_English_constituencies.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Sheffield.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Politics_of_Sheffield.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:Secretaries_of_State_for_the_Home_Department.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:UK_MPs_1987–92.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:UK_MPs_1992–97.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:UK_MPs_1997–2001.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:UK_MPs_2001–05.
- David_Blunkett wikiPageWikiLink Category:UK_MPs_2005–10.