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Alistair Darling

1953 - 2023

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Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, (28 November 1953 – 30 November 2023) was 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 to 2015, representing Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South West. Darling was first appointed 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alistair Darling has received more than 1,213,406 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Alistair Darling is the 17,074th most popular politician (down from 16,633rd in 2019), the 5,419th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,826th in 2019) and the 611th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alistair Darling ranks 17,074 out of 19,576. Before him are Vincent Lukáč, Mohammed Yusuf, Werner Meyer, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Daniel Martínez, and Marian Kotleba. After him are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Gérald Darmanin, Baburam Bhattarai, Adolphe Muzito, Quli Qutb Shah, and Elliot Richardson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Alistair Darling ranks 541. Before him are David Gulpilil, Vladimir Rushailo, Jerzy Klempel, Lucinda Williams, Paul Mariner, and Filbert Bayi. After him are Gianbattista Baronchelli, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Luciana Lamorgese, Dominique Bona, Jimmy Iovine, and Ian Mosley. Among people deceased in 2023, Alistair Darling ranks 549. Before him are James Hartle, Shiro Hashizume, Gita Mehta, David Singmaster, Valentin Yudashkin, and Barrett Strong. After him are Bert I. Gordon, Stockton Rush, Arleen Sorkin, Georgina Beyer, Jamuna, and Melissa Hoskins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alistair Darling ranks 5,419 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Hearne (1745), Roland Young (1887), Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880), Muriel Pavlow (1921), Andrea Arnold (1961), and Redvers Buller (1839). After him are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Harry Golombek (1911), Richard Bauckham (1946), Thomas Warton (1728), Bryan Forbes (1926), and Andrew Davies (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Alistair Darling ranks 611. Before him are John Graves Simcoe (1752), Henry Hyndman (1842), Nick Griffin (1959), Edwin Montagu (1879), Rhodri Morgan (1939), and Tebbs Lloyd Johnson (1900). After him are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), George Lansbury (1859), William Fox (1812), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), Dru Drury (1725), and David Amess (1952).

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