Stephen Byers
Biography
Stephen Byers was born in 1953.
He attended Wymondham College, Norfolk; Chester City Grammar School; Chester College of Further Education and Liverpool Polytechnic.
He was a senior lecturer in law at Newcastle Polytechnic from 1977-1992.
He was elected to North Tyneside Council in May 1980 and was its Deputy Leader from 1985-1992.
He stood as the Labour candidate for Hexham in the 1983 general election.
Stephen was elected as Labour MP for Wallsend in 1992.
He was appointed an Opposition Whip in 1994 and was made Shadow Minister for Training and Employment in 1995.
In 1997 he was elected for the new seat of North Tyneside. After the election he was made Minister of State for School Standards.
In July 1998 he entered the Cabinet as Chief Secretary for the Treasury. In December 1998 he was appointed as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
He held this post until the 2001 General Election after which he was made Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
He resigned from the government in May 2002.
Latest Press Releases
- Counsel & Care lecture: Provision for Older People the New Frontier of a Reformed Welfare State
- Inheritance tax
- We must deepen and entrench New Labour - Fabian Conference January 2005
- Ways Must Be Found To Enable President Bush To End U.S. Isolation Over Climate Change
- Byers – Government Should Provide Interest Free Deposits To Enable Tenants To Become Homeowners
- Byers Calls For Labour To Debate And Decide The Role Of The Market, Choice And Diversity In Public Services
- A Bold And Radical Agenda Means Devolving Choice And Control To The People
- Byers in Washington for talks on climate change
- Labour and the unions must promote policies with broad and popular support
- Europe must change or risk rejection by the British people
Latest Speeches
- RT HON STEPHEN BYERS MP TO CLIMATE CHANGE 2007 CONFERENCE, 12 MARCH 2007
- Harvard Lecture
- Counsel & Care – Graham Lecture
- Annual Centrepoint Lecture
- New Politics Network Speech: The European Treaty
- Speech to the New Local Government Network conference
- Speeches prior to May 2002 - DTLR, DTI and Hansard
- Daycare Trust Annual Childcare Lecture
- Queen's Speech debate
- Asylum and immigration
Latest Articles
- Herald and Post – August 2007
- Herald and Post article
- Herald and Post
- Herald & Post Article – March 2007
- Herald and Post article: April 2007
- Herald and Post article : Community
- New labour urgently needs a debate on where it goes next and no leadership contender can avoid hard decisions on domestic policy, says a former cabinet minister
- Climate Change
- Herald Post
- Herald and Post Article – Edge Awards 2006
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