Political Profiles
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Darling, Alistair
As a student activist, the former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling, was said to have handed out Marxist leaflets. In 2015, he joined the Board of the bank Morgan Stanley.Read More
![Ed Davey](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Davey-125x125.jpg)
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Davey, Sir Ed
The current Liberal Democrat leader, is said to have been put off Conservative Politics 'for life' after attending a Young Conservatives disco in his youth. A childhood carer, both Davey's parents died before he was 16.Read More
![Ruth Davidson blasts C4 privatisation as 'opposite of levelling up'](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/admin-ajax-30-125x125.jpg)
![Ruth Davidson blasts C4 privatisation as 'opposite of levelling up'](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/admin-ajax-30-125x125.jpg)
Davidson, Ruth
Ruth Davidson was formerly the long standing leader of the Scottish Consrevative Party. She oversaw a growth of Conservative support and representation in Scotland. She now sits in the House of Lords.Read More
![Anneliese Dodds](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dodds-125x125.jpg)
![Anneliese Dodds](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dodds-125x125.jpg)
Dodds, Anneliese
Previously the first ever female Shadow Chancellor, Dodds is now Chair of the Labour Party. A native of Aberdeen, she has previously described the idea that there is some sort of separate Scottish race as 'a fiction' and 'very bizarre'.Read More
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Drakeford, Mark
The First Minister of Wales has been described as 'more post office than box office', but nevertheless won a convincing victory in the 2021 elections. A clarinet player, he says he would be a cricket groundsman, if living again.Read More
![Chingford and Woodford Green, Conservative](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14107768_1200-125x125.jpg)
![Chingford and Woodford Green, Conservative](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14107768_1200-125x125.jpg)
Duncan Smith, Iain
A former national schools triple jump champion, Iain Duncan Smith is the only Conservative Party leader since the war, never to have contested a General Election. He later oversaw the introduction of Universal Credit.Read More