Where Was Alistair Darling Born?

Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish is a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 until he stepped down in 2015, most recently for Edinburgh South West.

Darling was first appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1997 and was promoted to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 1998.

From 2012 to 2014, Darling was the chairman of the Better Together Campaign, a cross-party group that successfully campaigned for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom in the 2014 independence referendum.

On 3 November 2014, Darling announced that he was standing down at the 2015 general election. He was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours and was created Baron Darling of Roulanish, of Great Bernera in the County of Ross and Cromarty, on 1 December 2015. He retired from the House of Lords in July 2020.

Where Was Alistair Darling Born?

Alistair Darling was born in London the son of a civil engineer, Thomas, and his wife, Anna MacLean.