Danny Alexander

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Danny Alexander MP
Danny Alexander
Incumbent
Assumed office 
05 May 2005
Born 15 May 1972 (1972-05-15) (age 36)
Nationality Scottish
Political party Liberal Democrat
Alma mater St Anne's College, Oxford

Daniel Grian 'Danny' Alexander (born May 15, 1972), is a Scottish politician, and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. He is also Lib Dem spokesman for Work and Pensions.

Alexander was educated at Lochaber High School in Fort William and St Anne's College, Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. In 1993 he became a press officer with the Scottish Liberal Democrats until he became the Director of Communications at the European Movement in 1996, remaining in this role when the organisation was subsumed into the now defunct Britain in Europe campaign in 1999. In 2004 he became the Head of Communications for the Cairngorms National Park.

He was elected to the newly formed constituency in the 2005 general election. He won the seat from David Stewart, who was previously the Labour MP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, the basis of the new constituency. In August 2005 it was revealed that Christopher Haskins, Baron Haskins of Skidby, a Labour peer who was a friend of Alexander, had donated £2,500 to Alexander's campaign; subsequently Haskins was expelled from the Labour party for this action.[1]

At the start of the new Parliament in 2005, Alexander was appointed Liberal Democrat junior spokesperson shadowing the Department for Work and Pensions by Charles Kennedy. Since then, he has made contributions to debates on incapacity benefit reform, the Child Support Agency and the Turner Report on future pension provision in the UK. He also has responsibility for disability-related issues and sits on the Scottish Affairs Committee.

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  1. ^ Labour peer expelled for donation. BBC News (23 September, 2005). Retrieved on 2006-11-02.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
None		 Member of Parliament for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
2005–present		 Incumbent
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