Gerry Malone

For the footballer, see Gerry Malone (footballer).

Gerry Malone
Minister of State for Health
In office
20 July 1994 – May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byBrian Mawhinney
Succeeded byAlan Milburn
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
May 1992 – July 1994
Serving with Angela Rumbold
LeaderJohn Major
Preceded byAngela Rumbold
Succeeded byAngela Rumbold
Michael Dobbs
John Maples
Assistant Government Whip
In office
10 February 1986 – 15 June 1987
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Member of Parliament
for Winchester
In office
9 April 1992 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byJohn Browne
Succeeded byMark Oaten
Member of Parliament
for Aberdeen South
In office
9 June 1983 – 18 May 1987
Preceded byIain Sproat
Succeeded byFrank Doran
Personal details
Born (1950-07-21) 21 July 1950 (age 74)
Glasgow, Scotland
Political partyConservative
EducationSt Aloysius' College, Glasgow
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow

Peter Gerald "Gerry" Malone (born 21 July 1950) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1992 to 1997.

Early life

Born in Glasgow, Malone was educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, and attended the University of Glasgow.[1]

Early career

Glasgow candidacies

He was the Conservative candidate at the February 1974 general election for Glasgow Provan, where he was defeated by Labour's Hugh Brown. He made other unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the House of Commons at Glasgow Pollok at the October 1974 general election, Roxburgh, Peebles and Selkirk at the 1979 general election, and the Glasgow Hillhead by-election in 1982 (where he lost the traditionally Conservative seat to Roy Jenkins of the Social Democratic Party).

MP for Aberdeen South

He was elected as MP for Aberdeen South at the 1983 general election, in a landslide victory for the Conservative Party, but lost the seat to Frank Doran of Labour at the 1987 general election.[2][3] During this time he served as an assistant Government whip, from 10 February 1986 to 15 June 1987.[4]

Re-entering Parliament

MP for Winchester

He re-entered Parliament in 1992, representing the "safe" Conservative seat of Winchester.

In May 1992 Malone became a deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, joining incumbent Dame Angela Rumbold in the post. He left the post in July 1994 and was succeeded by Rumbold, Michael Dobbs and John Maples.[5]

He was appointed a Minister of State at the Department of Health in 1994, when Virginia Bottomley was the secretary of state.

1997 contested seat of Winchester

Malone unexpectedly lost his Winchester seat at the 1997 general election by two votes, to the Liberal Democrat candidate Mark Oaten.[6] Malone challenged the result in the high court, and it was declared void, causing a by-election. Malone trailed Oaten by 21,566 votes in the resulting by-election.[7]

Commercial chairmanships

Malone was chairman of Regent-GM, a supplier of generic drugs to the National Health Service (NHS) and a subsidiary of Nadhmi Auchi's General Mediterranean Holding. The company was wound up in 2004 after being accused of colluding with five other pharmaceuticals companies to overcharge the NHS for drugs.[8]

Malone served until September 2014 as a non-executive chairman of Ultrasis,[9] which specialises in computerised cognitive behavioural therapy software.

He is currently chairman of a range of US mutual funds and serves on the board of the Washington-based Mutual Funds Directors Forum (MFDF); Malone is a director of two US healthcare companies, Bionik Labs and Medality Medical.

Writer and broadcaster

Malone was Scottish editor of The Sunday Times from 1987 to 1990 and a broadcaster on BBC Radio Scotland and Radio Clyde from 1987 to 1992. He is currently opera critic of Reaction.life, an online news, commentary and arts publication.

References

  1. ^ Butler, David; Butler, Gareth (1994). British Political Facts, 1900–1994 (7th ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 106. ISBN 0-333-52617-1.
  2. ^ David Butler, Andrew Adonis, and Tony Travers, Failure in British Government: The politics of the poll tax. Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0-19-827875-7. Pages 110 and 144.
  3. ^ Andrew Neil, Full Disclosure. Macmillan, 1996. ISBN 978-0-333-64682-3. Pages 159, 230, and 247.
  4. ^ Butler, David; Butler, Gareth (1994). British Political Facts, 1900–1994 (7th ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 43. ISBN 0-333-52617-1.
  5. ^ Butler, David; Butler, Gareth (1994). British Political Facts, 1900–1994 (7th ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 128. ISBN 0-333-52617-1.
  6. ^ "Election petitions". BBC News. 20 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Gerry Malone: Electoral history and profile". The Guardian. London.
  8. ^ Bowers, Simon (6 April 2006). "Five companies charged in NHS price fixing row". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Directors". Ultrasis. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Aberdeen South
1983–1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Winchester
1992–1997 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
 Assistant Government Whip
1986–1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Health
1994–1997 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
1992–1994
With: Dame Angela Rumbold 		Succeeded by
Media offices
Preceded by Editor of The European
1998 		Magazine closed