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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British politician (born 1947)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">PC</a> <a href="/wiki/FAcSS" class="mw-redirect" title="FAcSS">FAcSS</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg/220px-Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg/330px-Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg/440px-Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2022</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Secretary of State for Work and Pensions">Secretary of State for Work and Pensions</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 May 2005 – 2 November 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Johnson" title="Alan Johnson">Alan Johnson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Hutton,_Baron_Hutton_of_Furness" title="John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness">John Hutton</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 June 2001 – 15 December 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Jack Straw</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Clarke" title="Charles Clarke">Charles Clarke</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Employment" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Education and Employment">Secretary of State for Education and Employment</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 May 1997 – 8 June 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Shephard" title="Gillian Shephard">Gillian Shephard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Estelle_Morris" title="Estelle Morris">Estelle Morris</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em"><a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_Shadow_Cabinet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)">Shadow Cabinet</a> offices <br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">1992–1997</span> </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Education">Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />20 October 1994 – 2 May 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Taylor,_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton" title="Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton">Ann Taylor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Shephard" title="Gillian Shephard">Gillian Shephard</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Health">Shadow Secretary of State for Health</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 July 1992 – 20 October 1994</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Cook" title="Robin Cook">Robin Cook</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the House of Lords">Member of the House of Lords</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Lord_Temporal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Temporal">Lord Temporal</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />13 October 2015<br /><a href="/wiki/Life_Peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Life Peerage">Life Peerage</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Brightside_and_Hillsborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough">Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough</a><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Brightside" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Brightside">Sheffield Brightside</a> (1987–2010)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joan_Maynard_(politician)" title="Joan Maynard (politician)">Joan Maynard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Harpham" title="Harry Harpham">Harry Harpham</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_City_Council" title="Sheffield City Council">Sheffield City Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1980 – 11 June 1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Billings" title="Alan Billings">Alan Billings</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_City_Council" title="Sheffield City Council">George Wilson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clive_Betts" title="Clive Betts">Clive Betts</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_City_Council" title="Sheffield City Council">Sheffield City Council</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Southey,_South_Yorkshire" title="Southey, South Yorkshire">Southey Green</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 May 1970 – 1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1969_Sheffield_City_Council_election" title="1969 Sheffield City Council election">Winifred Golding</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-06-06</span>) </span>6 June 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 77)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Ruth Mitchell</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1970; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1990)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Margaret Williams</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2009)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_National_College_for_the_Blind" title="Royal National College for the Blind">Royal National College for the Blind</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hereford" title="Hereford">Hereford</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sheffield" title="University of Sheffield">University of Sheffield</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Huddersfield" title="University of Huddersfield">Huddersfield Holly Bank College of Education</a> (<a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_Certificate_in_Education" title="Postgraduate Certificate in Education">PGCE</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Blunkett_Signature.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="David Blunkett's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/David_Blunkett_Signature.gif/128px-David_Blunkett_Signature.gif" decoding="async" width="128" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/David_Blunkett_Signature.gif/192px-David_Blunkett_Signature.gif 1.5x, 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data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/David_Blunkett_on_occupational_health_and_safety.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/David_Blunkett_on_occupational_health_and_safety.ogg/David_Blunkett_on_occupational_health_and_safety.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Blunkett on <a href="/wiki/Occupational_health_and_safety" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupational health and safety">occupational health and safety</a><br />Recorded 20 October 2017</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (born 6 June 1947) is a British <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> politician who has been a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the House of Lords">member of the House of Lords</a> since 2015, and previously served as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament (UK)">member of parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Brightside_and_Hillsborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough">Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough</a> from <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a> to <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a>, when he stood down.<sup id="cite_ref-labourlist.org_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-labourlist.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blind since birth, and coming from a poor family in one of <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a>'s most deprived districts, he rose to become <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Secretary of State for Education">education and employment secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Home_secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Home secretary">home secretary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Work_and_Pensions_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Work and Pensions Secretary">work and pensions secretary</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>'s <a href="/wiki/First_Blair_ministry" title="First Blair ministry">Cabinet</a> following Labour's victory in the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 general election</a>, he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Home_secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Home secretary">home secretary</a>, a position he held until 2004, when he resigned following publicity about his personal life.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a> he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Secretary of State for Work and Pensions">secretary of state for work and pensions</a>, though he resigned from that role later that year following media coverage relating to external business interests in the period when he did not hold a cabinet post.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_(United_Kingdom)" title="Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom)">Cabinet secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Gus_O%27Donnell" title="Gus O'Donnell">Gus O'Donnell</a>, in a letter of 25 November 2005, exonerated him from any wrongdoing.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Blunkett_Tapes_p.856_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Blunkett_Tapes_p.856-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 June 2014, Blunkett announced to his constituency party that he would be standing down from the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> at the next general election in May 2015. The editor of the conservative <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">The Spectator</a></i> magazine, <a href="/wiki/Fraser_Nelson" title="Fraser Nelson">Fraser Nelson</a>, commented: "He was never under-briefed, and never showed any sign of his disability ... he was one of Labour's very best MPs – and one of the very few people in parliament whose life I would describe as inspirational."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Responding to a question from Blunkett on 11 March 2015, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> said: "As a new backbencher, I will never forget coming to this place in 2001 and, in the light of the appalling terrorist attacks that had taken place across the world, seeing the strong leadership he gave on the importance of keeping our country safe. He is a remarkable politician, a remarkable man."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2015, he accepted a professorship in politics in practice at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sheffield" title="University of Sheffield">University of Sheffield</a> (in 2014 he was invited to be a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Social_Sciences" title="Academy of Social Sciences">Academy of Social Sciences</a>), and in June 2015 he agreed to become chairman of the board of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Law" title="University of Law">University of Law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to his other work with charities, he was also chairman of the David Ross Multi Academy Charitable Trust from June 2015 to January 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the honorary president of the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Citizenship_Teaching" title="Association for Citizenship Teaching">Association for Citizenship Teaching</a> (ACT). </p><p>In August 2015, he was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">peerage</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Dissolution_Honours" title="2015 Dissolution Honours">2015 Dissolution Honours</a>. He was created <b>Baron Blunkett</b>, <i>of <a href="/wiki/Brightside,_Sheffield" title="Brightside, Sheffield">Brightside</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_Sheffield" title="Hillsborough, Sheffield">Hillsborough</a> in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Sheffield" title="City of Sheffield">City of Sheffield</a></i>, on 28 September.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blunkett was born on 6 June 1947 at <a href="/wiki/Jessop_Hospital" title="Jessop Hospital">Jessop Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">West Riding of Yorkshire</a>, with improperly developed <a href="/wiki/Optic_nerve" title="Optic nerve">optic nerves</a> due to a rare <a href="/wiki/Genetic_disorder" title="Genetic disorder">genetic disorder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ClearDay2002_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClearDay2002-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in an underprivileged family; in 1959 he endured a family tragedy when his father was gravely injured in an industrial accident: he fell into a vat of boiling water while at work as a foreman for the East Midlands Gas Board, dying a month later. This left the surviving family in poverty, especially since the board refused to pay compensation for two years because his father worked past the retirement age, dying at the age of 67.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett was educated at schools for the blind in Sheffield and <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_radio_4,_DB_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_radio_4,_DB-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_College_for_the_Blind" title="Royal National College for the Blind">Royal National College for the Blind</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hereford" title="Hereford">Hereford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was apparently told at school that one of his few options in life was to become a <a href="/wiki/Lathe" title="Lathe">lathe</a> operator. Nevertheless, he won a place at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sheffield" title="University of Sheffield">University of Sheffield</a>, where he gained a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a> honours degree in Political Theory and Institutions; one of his lecturers was <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Crick" title="Bernard Crick">Bernard Crick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He entered local politics on graduation, whilst gaining a <a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_Certificate_in_Education" title="Postgraduate Certificate in Education">Postgraduate Certificate in Education</a> from Huddersfield Holly Bank College of Education (now part of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Huddersfield" title="University of Huddersfield">University of Huddersfield</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Debrett's,_2011_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Debrett's,_2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hud-201707_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hud-201707-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent a total of six years going to evening classes and day-release classes to get the qualifications needed to go to university.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked as a clerk typist between 1967 and 1969 and as a lecturer in industrial relations and politics between 1973 and 1981. </p><p>By 1970, Blunkett was a <a href="/wiki/Methodist_local_preacher" title="Methodist local preacher">Methodist local preacher</a> based at Southey church in the Sheffield (North) circuit of the Methodist Connexion. He told the <i><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Recorder" title="Methodist Recorder">Methodist Recorder</a></i>: "My politics come directly from my religion. As a Christian I seen myself as a Socialist; not exactly a <a href="/wiki/Donald_Soper" title="Donald Soper">Donald Soper</a>, but that way inclined". At that point, he was engaged to Ruth Mitchell and they planned to marry in July.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1970, at the age of 22, Blunkett became the youngest-ever councillor on <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_City_Council" title="Sheffield City Council">Sheffield City Council</a> and in Britain,<sup id="cite_ref-Debrett's,_2011_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Debrett's,_2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> being elected while a <a href="/wiki/Mature_student" class="mw-redirect" title="Mature student">mature student</a>. He was elected on the same day as fellow <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> member <a href="/wiki/Bill_Michie" title="Bill Michie">Bill Michie</a>, who, like Blunkett, would go on to serve as a Sheffield MP.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardianBMichieObit_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianBMichieObit-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blunkett served on Sheffield City Council from 1970 to 1988, and was leader from 1980 to 1987. He also served on <a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire_County_Council" title="South Yorkshire County Council">South Yorkshire County Council</a> from 1973 to 1977. This was a time of decline for Sheffield's <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a> industry. Blunkett and Michie were among what political journalist <a href="/wiki/Julia_Langdon" title="Julia Langdon">Julia Langdon</a> has described as "an energetic group of young Labour activists who emerged in Sheffield in the 1970s, a number of whom moved on to Westminster".<sup id="cite_ref-GuardianBMichieObit_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianBMichieObit-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP for <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Hallam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)">Sheffield Hallam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irvine_Patnick" title="Irvine Patnick">Irvine Patnick</a>, coined the phrase "<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Republic_of_South_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire">Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to describe the <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">left-wing politics</a> of its local government. Although bestowed as a criticism of the radical policies being pursued by Labour councillors in the area, Langdon notes that it "was in fact happily embraced by those it was intended to denigrate".<sup id="cite_ref-GuardianBMichieObit_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianBMichieObit-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheffield City Council supported the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Mineworkers_(Great_Britain)" title="National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)">National Union of Mineworkers</a> in their 1984–85 strike, designated Sheffield a "<a href="/wiki/Nuclear-free_zone" title="Nuclear-free zone">nuclear-free zone</a>", and set up an Anti-Apartheid Working Party.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blunkett became known as the leader of one of Labour's left-wing councils, sometimes described pejoratively as "<a href="/wiki/Loony_left" title="Loony left">loony left</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blunkett was one of the faces of the <a href="/wiki/Rate-capping_rebellion" title="Rate-capping rebellion">protest over rate-capping</a> in 1985 which saw several Labour councils refuse to set a budget in a protest against Government powers to restrain their spending. He built up support within the Labour Party during his time as the council's leader during the 1980s, and was elected to the Labour Party's <a href="/wiki/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_Labour_Party" title="National Executive Committee of the Labour Party">National Executive Committee</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Having unsuccessfully fought <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Hallam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)">Sheffield Hallam</a> in <a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987 general election</a>, Blunkett was elected <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">member of parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Brightside" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Brightside">Sheffield Brightside</a> with a large majority in a <a href="/wiki/Safe_seat" title="Safe seat">safe</a> Labour seat. He became a party spokesman on local government, joined the <a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_Shadow_Cabinet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)">shadow cabinet</a> in 1992 as <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Health_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Health Secretary">shadow health secretary</a> and became shadow education secretary in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown,Colin_Mar05_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown,Colin_Mar05-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_and_employment_secretary">Education and employment secretary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Education and employment secretary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following Labour's landslide victory in the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, he became <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Employment" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Education and Employment">secretary of state for education and employment</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Brown,Colin_Mar05_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown,Colin_Mar05-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus becoming Britain's first blind cabinet minister (<a href="/wiki/Henry_Fawcett" title="Henry Fawcett">Henry Fawcett</a>, husband of suffragist <a href="/wiki/Millicent_Fawcett" title="Millicent Fawcett">Millicent Fawcett</a>, had been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a>, of which the Cabinet is the executive committee, more than a century before). The role of education secretary was a vital one in a government whose <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">prime minister</a> had in 1996 described his priorities as "education, education, education" and which had made reductions in school class sizes a pledge.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As secretary of state, Blunkett pursued substantial reforms, ready to take on the teaching unions and determined to ensure basic standards of literacy and numeracy. He was rewarded with extra funding to cut class sizes, notably by abolishing the <a href="/wiki/Assisted_Places_Scheme" title="Assisted Places Scheme">Assisted Places Scheme</a>. Subsequently, there has since 1997 been a notable increase in literacy and numeracy, and there are 42,000 more teachers than in 1997, with doubled spending per pupil in frontline<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (February 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> schools (and over 100,000 teaching assistants) through to 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A key pillar of Blunkett's work as education secretary was the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Sure_Start" title="Sure Start">Sure Start</a>, a government programme which provides services for pre-school children and their families. It works to bring together early education, childcare, health and family support. In 2011, the government effectively started the abolition of Sure Start by lifting the ring fence on earmarked funding and cutting back drastically on the funds available. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Dearing_Report" title="Dearing Report">Dearing Report</a> into higher education, Blunkett introduced the <a href="/wiki/Teaching_and_Higher_Education_Act_1998" title="Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998">Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998</a> on 26 November 1997, which introduced <a href="/wiki/University_tuition_fees" class="mw-redirect" title="University tuition fees">university tuition fees</a>. He also led the massive expansion in higher education. He provided large scale investment in universities in the UK<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one study, covering up to the decade of 2013,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (February 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> showed that universities are now educating more than one-quarter more students than they did previously, and receiving double the income they did.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whilst in this position, Blunkett also launched <a href="/wiki/Learning_and_Skills_Council" title="Learning and Skills Council">Learning and Skills Councils</a>, created <a href="/wiki/Jobcentre_Plus" title="Jobcentre Plus">Jobcentre Plus</a> and had responsibility for the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Opportunities_Commission_(United_Kingdom)" title="Equal Opportunities Commission (United Kingdom)">Equal Opportunities Commission</a>, as well as establishing the <a href="/wiki/Disability_Rights_Commission" title="Disability Rights Commission">Disability Rights Commission</a> (as home secretary, he was also responsible for the Commission on Racial Equality; all three of these bodies were incorporated later into the <a href="/wiki/Equality_and_Human_Rights_Commission" title="Equality and Human Rights Commission">Equality and Human Rights Commission</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, Blunkett proposed that sex education should not be pursued until children have left primary school at 11,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reportedly arguing that childhood, the "age of innocence", should not be compromised by "graphic" sex education.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000, while attempting to cool opposition to the proposed abolition of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1988" title="Local Government Act 1988">Local Government Act 1988</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a>, he issued guidelines on the importance of 'family values' in teaching children sex education. </p><p>Blunkett introduced the teaching of citizenship in schools in 1999, arguing that "We want to ensure that there's a basis of traditional knowledge that's available to all children."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Citizenship education provides pupils with the knowledge, skills and understanding to become informed citizens, aware of their rights, duties and responsibilities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_secretary">Home secretary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Home secretary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of the Labour government's second term in 2001, Blunkett was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Home_secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Home secretary">home secretary</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Brown,Colin_Mar05_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown,Colin_Mar05-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fulfilling an ambition of his. Some observers saw him a rival to <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> in succeeding Blair as prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-bagehot20010607_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bagehot20010607-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hoge20020710_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoge20020710-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett was almost immediately faced with <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a> on the United States. He brought in new anti-terrorism measures, including detention without trial of suspect foreign nationals who could not be extradited or deported. It caused a backbench rebellion and provoked strong opposition in the House of Lords; Blunkett made concessions over incitement to religious hatred (later carried through by his successor) and to introduce a "sunset clause".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He authorised <a href="/wiki/MI5" title="MI5">MI5</a> to start collecting bulk telephone communications data on which telephone numbers called each other and when, authorised under a little understood general power under the <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_1984" title="Telecommunications Act 1984">Telecommunications Act 1984</a>, instead of the <a href="/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000" title="Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000">Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000</a>, which would have brought independent oversight and regulation. This was kept secret until announced by the then home secretary in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20151105_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20151105-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-20151104_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-20151104-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thereg-20151109_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thereg-20151109-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As home secretary, Blunkett was prepared to confront the judiciary and the police, with proposals for civilian community patrols and changes to police officers' pay and working conditions. More than 7,000 police demonstrated outside Parliament in 2002. </p><p>During his term in office, the large upsurge in asylum claims was reversed, the <a href="/wiki/Sangatte" title="Sangatte">Sangatte</a> refugee camp on French soil was closed, and refugees numbers subsequently dropped from 110,000 to less than 30,000. With an additional 15,000 police officers and 6,500 Community Support Officers by 2004, crime had reached an all-time low, with over a 40% drop from ten years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A controversial area for Blunkett was civil liberties, and he described civil libertarianism as "airy fairy".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As education secretary, he had repeatedly expressed the intention that, were he to become home secretary, he would make the then-incumbent <a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Jack Straw</a>, who had been criticised for being hard-line, seem over-liberal. In 2006, Martin Narey, the former director general of the prison service, claimed that Blunkett had once told him to use the army and machine guns to deal with rioting prisoners. Blunkett has denied these allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett radically overhauled 'Victorian' sex offences legislation in 2002, which modernised the sex offences laws in relation to same-sex and related issues by removing the archaic laws governing homosexuality, while tightening protections against rapists, paedophiles and other sex offenders.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The act closed a loophole that had allowed those accused of child rape to escape punishment by arguing the act was consensual, and a new offence of adult sexual activity with a child – which covers any sex act that takes place between an adult and a child under 16 – was introduced. It was supported by all major political parties in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, it emerged that Blunkett had directed Home Office civil servants to closely monitor and counter the findings of <a href="/wiki/Migration_Watch_UK" title="Migration Watch UK">Migration Watch UK</a>, which controversially included manipulating the timing of statistical releases to avoid criticism from the pressure group.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett resigned as home secretary on 15 December 2004, amidst allegations that he helped fast-track the renewal of a work permit for his ex-lover's <a href="/wiki/Nanny" title="Nanny">nanny</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett thanked the Jewish community in 2005 for its "extraordinary support" when "things got difficult" in his personal and professional life, and said that "I won't let you down. I feel deeply honoured when friends from the Jewish community are prepared to welcome me. I feel like one of the family." While he was born a Methodist, his son with <a href="/wiki/Kimberly_Quinn" title="Kimberly Quinn">Kimberly Quinn</a> attended a Jewish nursery, as Quinn has Jewish heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, he was presented with an honorary doctorate by <a href="/wiki/Haifa_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Haifa University">Haifa University</a>. He is a member of <a href="/wiki/Labour_Friends_of_Israel" title="Labour Friends of Israel">Labour Friends of Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The accusations made against him in November 2004 formed part of an acrimonious public conflict playing out in the Family Court in respect of contested Contact and Responsibility Orders.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clarity about the circumstances and events leading up to and surrounding his departure emerged in <a href="/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal" title="News International phone hacking scandal">the phone hacking trial</a> of 2013/14. In 2011, Blunkett had negotiated a private £300,000 settlement with <a href="/wiki/News_International" class="mw-redirect" title="News International">News International</a> over the hacking of his phone. Details of the settlement were later revealed by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 June 2014, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Coulson" title="Andy Coulson">Andy Coulson</a>, the former editor of the <i><a href="/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i> and head of communications for <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>, was found guilty of a charge of conspiracy to intercept voicemails. </p><p>Blunkett later said his biggest regret was introducing <a href="/wiki/Imprisonment_for_public_protection" title="Imprisonment for public protection">imprisonment for public protection</a> with <a href="/wiki/Indeterminate_sentence" class="mw-redirect" title="Indeterminate sentence">indeterminate sentences</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_Act_2003" title="Criminal Justice Act 2003">Criminal Justice Act 2003</a>, which had resulted in people languishing in prison for minor offences. Even when released, offenders can be on licence for up to 99 years, so they may be recalled, often for non-criminal behaviour. In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> declared them unlawful for new offenders, but not retrospectively, leaving nearly 3,000 prisoners on the regime.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-20240428_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20240428-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-moj-2011_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moj-2011-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brief_return_to_the_cabinet">Brief return to the cabinet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Brief return to the cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:With_former_Home_Secretary_David_Blunkett_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/With_former_Home_Secretary_David_Blunkett_MP.jpg/170px-With_former_Home_Secretary_David_Blunkett_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/With_former_Home_Secretary_David_Blunkett_MP.jpg/255px-With_former_Home_Secretary_David_Blunkett_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/With_former_Home_Secretary_David_Blunkett_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="397" /></a><figcaption>Blunkett in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, Blunkett was returned to the cabinet as secretary of state for work and pensions, where he faced a growing pensions crisis. Two weeks before the election, Blunkett took up a directorship in a company called <a href="/wiki/DNA_Bioscience" title="DNA Bioscience">DNA Bioscience</a> and bought £15,000 of shares in the company. After sustained questions over a six-month period, Blunkett was asked on 31 October 2005 to explain why he had not consulted the <a href="/wiki/Advisory_Committee_on_Business_Appointments" title="Advisory Committee on Business Appointments">Advisory Committee on Business Appointments</a> regarding the directorship. Having placed the shares into an independent trust, he said that the trustees had agreed to dispose of the shares.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett's political opponents claimed that a conflict of interest was created by him having been director of and holding shares in a company proposing to bid for government contracts to provide paternity tests to the <a href="/wiki/Child_Support_Agency" title="Child Support Agency">Child Support Agency</a> (CSA), part of the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Department for Work and Pensions</a> (DWP), of which he was secretary of state. On 2 November, a scheduled appearance before a House of Commons <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Select_Committees_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Select Committees of the United Kingdom">Select Committee</a> was cancelled at the last minute, and Blunkett was summoned to a meeting at <a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">10 Downing Street</a>. Later that morning, a spokesman for Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> confirmed Blunkett had resigned at the meeting, stating that his position had become untenable. This became the main focus of discussion at the session of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Questions" title="Prime Minister's Questions">Prime Minister's Questions</a> that afternoon, and Conservative leader <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> described the event as 'the beginning of the final chapter of (Blair's) administration'.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett was later found not to have broken the ministerial code. On 25 November 2005, after he had resigned, <a href="/wiki/Gus_O%27Donnell" title="Gus O'Donnell">Gus O'Donnell</a> wrote to Blunkett confirming that there was no conflict of interest, no failure to declare either Blunkett's shareholding or brief business connection with the company.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Blunkett_Tapes_p.856_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Blunkett_Tapes_p.856-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Donnell wrote: "The issue of shareholdings and trusts and the handling of private interests more generally is of course covered quite extensively in Section 5 of the Ministerial Code. There is no ban on a Minister, or his or her immediate family members, holding such interests but where they do the Minister must ensure that no conflict arises, or appears to arise, between his or her public duties and such private interests. In terms of the handling of your interests, and those of your family, you followed correct procedure in notifying your Permanent Secretary of your interests. Neither the DWP nor the CSA were in any contractual relationship with DNA Bioscience, and the CSA's contract for biometric testing was not due to be renewed for some years."<sup id="cite_ref-The_Blunkett_Tapes_p.856_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Blunkett_Tapes_p.856-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Donnell also confirmed that the Advisory Committee on Ministerial Appointments, which had been the bone of contention up to the beginning of November 2005, was in fact voluntary. The code was changed in 2007 to make clear that references prior to taking business appointments shortly after leaving government was to be mandatory as part of the ministerial code. </p><p>Despite his resignation from the cabinet in November, Blunkett initially kept his ministerial accommodation in <a href="/wiki/Belgravia" title="Belgravia">Belgravia</a>, London, until he found new accommodation four months later.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also rents a cottage on the estate of <a href="/wiki/Chatsworth_House" title="Chatsworth House">Chatsworth House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Backbenches">Backbenches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Backbenches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blunkett is a vice president of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Institute_of_Blind_People" title="Royal National Institute of Blind People">Royal National Institute of Blind People</a> and a vice president of the <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_Society" title="Alzheimer's Society">Alzheimer's Society</a>, and has close links with a range of other charities (local to Sheffield and nationally) including those relating to substance abuse and breast cancer, and is a patron of the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei).<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also a patron of The Micro and Anophthalmic Children's Society, a charity for children born without eyes or with underdeveloped eyes.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is additionally a former honorary chair of the <a href="/wiki/Information_Systems_Security_Association" title="Information Systems Security Association">Information Systems Security Association</a> (ISSA-UK) Advisory Board and was, until March 2015, chairman of the not-for-profit International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA).<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2010, Blunkett proposed the creation of a Yorkshire Parliament, giving autonomy to the historic county with a similar funding formula to the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Assembly">Welsh Assembly</a>'s devolved budget, which would entitle <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a> to an annual budget of around £24 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-White_Rose_Parliament_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White_Rose_Parliament-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of his main interests is volunteering and community service. In 2011, he published a pamphlet calling for a National Volunteer Programme,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which received a wide range of support, particularly among third sector organisations. Since then, Blunkett has commenced putting together and becoming a founder of the Future For Youth Foundation, which sought to tackle high levels of unemployment in young people, and which concluded its work in the summer of 2015. </p><p>He was a key voice in the successful <a href="/wiki/No_to_AV" class="mw-redirect" title="No to AV">No to AV</a> campaign in 2010–11,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> prior to the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011 Alternative Vote referendum</a>, and in 2011 spoke out against the <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Coalition Government</a>'s proposed boundary changes.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, he published <i>In Defence of Politics Revisited</i>, in which he set out a range of proposals to increase faith in, and improve the working of, democratic politics. He was later awarded status as an Academician of the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Social_Sciences" title="Academy of Social Sciences">Academy of Social Sciences</a>. In 2013, Sheffield University announced Blunkett had become a visiting professor in the Department of Politics, in the world's first Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics. </p><p>He sits on the board of the <a href="/wiki/National_Citizen_Service" title="National Citizen Service">National Citizen Service</a> Trust, a voluntary community service programme for 16- and 17-year-olds.<sup id="cite_ref-huffpost-20170502_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffpost-20170502-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2013 to 2014, he chaired a parliamentary inquiry with the <a href="/wiki/Charities_Aid_Foundation" title="Charities Aid Foundation">Charities Aid Foundation</a> into how giving to charities could be boosted. This reported in June 2014, making recommendations ranging from the inclusion of a 'social action' section on UCAS forms to the creation of a post-careers advice service, for those who are retiring but wish to continue giving in their community. This led to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Citizen_Service_Act_2017&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Citizen Service Act 2017 (page does not exist)">National Citizen Service Act</a> coming into law in 2017. </p><p>Between June 2013 and May 2014, Blunkett led a review into local oversight of schools and the raising of standards for the leader <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> and the shadow education secretary. The Blunkett Report was published in May 2014, and called for the creation of new independent Directors of School Standards to operate between local authorities. These directors would focus on bringing greater coherence to the process of school creation, raising standards and improving local accountability. </p><p>In June 2014, Blunkett announced he would not be contesting the election in the following year, stating that he had realised he would not be returning to the frontbenches. In his letter he wrote: "it is clear that the leadership of the Party wish to see new faces in Ministerial office and a clear break with the past".<sup id="cite_ref-labourlist.org_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-labourlist.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, Blunkett joined the advisory board of global wealth consultancy Oracle Capital Group, continuing in that role until 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-citywire-20130708_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-citywire-20130708-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hol-roi_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hol-roi-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett became chair of the <a href="/wiki/David_Ross_Education_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="David Ross Education Trust">David Ross Education Trust</a>, one of Britain's largest <a href="/wiki/Multi-academy_trust" title="Multi-academy trust">Multi-academy trusts</a>, sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Carphone_Warehouse" title="Carphone Warehouse">Carphone Warehouse</a> founder <a href="/wiki/David_Ross_(businessman)" title="David Ross (businessman)">David Ross</a>, in 2015. He resigned in 2017, along with several others members of the board, when the sponsor would not acknowledge or take action on major issues raised about governance procedures, and the blocking of an independent review initiated by Blunkett and the then Chief Executive Wendy Marshall. </p><p>Blunkett was appointed as Professor of Politics in Practice at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sheffield" title="University of Sheffield">University of Sheffield</a> in June 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-sheffield-2015_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sheffield-2015-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, he received an Honorary Doctorate for services to government and education from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Huddersfield" title="University of Huddersfield">University of Huddersfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hud-201707_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hud-201707-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Professor <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Putnam" title="Robert D. Putnam">Robert D. Putnam</a>, the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard University, speaking about David's time in the Home Office in a webinar in February 2021 said: "He was, at that time, THE most far-sighted communitarian on either side of the Atlantic that I met. We spent hours in his office – in his office at the Home Office – talking about what we could do... to bring people together, even in the face of crises that he saw before anybody else in the British political elite... David is a national treasure in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett fears that intelligence agencies in the UK and abroad may be reluctant to share information because <a href="/wiki/Suella_Braverman" title="Suella Braverman">Suella Braverman</a> became home secretary again days after resigning due to a security breach.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blunkett said in the House of Lords: "Isn't it true there could be two really unfortunate outcomes to the reappointment of the current Home Secretary? One is that the security and intelligence services will be reluctant to provide the briefings and the openness needed. And the second is that other international security agencies will be reluctant to share with us if they are fearful that their information will be passed out of Government itself."<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing,_speaking,_and_television_appearances"><span id="Writing.2C_speaking.2C_and_television_appearances"></span>Writing, speaking, and television appearances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Writing, speaking, and television appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Blunkett_Tapes" title="The Blunkett Tapes">The Blunkett Tapes</a></div> <p>In October 2006, Blunkett's audio diaries were published in his book <i>The Blunkett Tapes: My Life in the Bear Pit</i>. The tapes detail his time as a cabinet minister until the present date, and provide insights into the workings of the Labour cabinet. They were recorded every week, and contain his view of what was happening in Cabinet at the time, alongside contemporary reflections and more recent thoughts on the events. He also published a light-hearted dog-oriented memoir called <i>On a Clear Day</i>, published by Michael O'Mara Books in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett has also co-authored a number of publications, including <i>Building from the Bottom</i> (1982), published by the <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Society" title="Fabian Society">Fabian Society</a>, and <i>Democracy in Crisis</i> (1987), published by Hogarth, which described the battle between local and central government in the Thatcher years. He has also contributed chapters to many books relating to politics and social policy and has also produced research papers with the University of Sheffield. Other publications include "Ladders Out of Poverty" in 2006 and "Mutual Action, Common Purpose" in 2009 (relating to the voluntary sector).<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outside politics, Blunkett enjoys a career as a popular conference and after-dinner speaker. His booking agency JLA states that his speech topics include "The Political Landscape, Overcoming Adversity, Social Responsibility and Diversity."<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blunkett has also given lectures and contributed to debates at the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Art_and_Ideas" title="Institute of Art and Ideas">Institute of Art and Ideas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett has made many radio and television appearances. He took part in a celebrity version of <i><a href="/wiki/Mastermind_(British_game_show)" title="Mastermind (British game show)">Mastermind</a></i>, where his specialist subject was <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a>. He finished last, scoring 11 points.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was featured on the <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel Five</a> documentary series <i>Banged Up</i> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blunkett also appeared as a celebrity chef, competing against <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Ramsay" title="Gordon Ramsay">Gordon Ramsay</a>, on season 4 episode 4 of the British television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_F_Word_(British_TV_series)" title="The F Word (British TV series)">The F Word</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, Blunkett featured on the <i>University Challenge</i> Christmas editions, representing Sheffield.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Blunkett_at_Margaret_McMillan_Nursery_School.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/David_Blunkett_at_Margaret_McMillan_Nursery_School.png/220px-David_Blunkett_at_Margaret_McMillan_Nursery_School.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/David_Blunkett_at_Margaret_McMillan_Nursery_School.png/330px-David_Blunkett_at_Margaret_McMillan_Nursery_School.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/David_Blunkett_at_Margaret_McMillan_Nursery_School.png/440px-David_Blunkett_at_Margaret_McMillan_Nursery_School.png 2x" data-file-width="947" data-file-height="820" /></a><figcaption>Blunkett's guide dog Lucy receiving a gift at a nursery school, 1999</figcaption></figure> <p>Blunkett divorced his wife of 20 years, Ruth Mitchell, by whom he had three sons, in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, the <i><a href="/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i> revealed a three-year affair with <a href="/wiki/Kimberly_Quinn" title="Kimberly Quinn">Kimberly Quinn</a>, a married former publisher of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">The Spectator</a></i>, and the disputed parentage of their then two-year-old child. After prolonged press speculation, DNA tests showed that Blunkett was the father.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_People" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sunday People">The People</a></i> newspaper launched a cycle of media speculation about Blunkett's alleged relationship with a young woman. The newspaper later apologised, admitting that the story was entirely false.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2009, Blunkett announced that he was engaged to be married to Margaret Williams, a doctor in Sheffield.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunkett's guide dogs – Ruby, Teddy, Offa, Lucy, Sadie, Cosby, and Barley<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – became familiar characters in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>, usually sleeping at his feet on the floor of the chamber, inspiring occasional comments from Blunkett and his fellow MPs on both sides of the house. In one incident, Lucy (a cross between a <a href="/wiki/Black_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Labrador">black Labrador</a> and a curly coat retriever) vomited during a speech by Conservative member <a href="/wiki/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On another occasion, his new guide dog led him to the Conservative Party benches.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some disability rights activists have been critical of Blunkett's passivity in relation to disability activism.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Times_Higher_Education" title="Times Higher Education">Times Higher Education</a></i>, leading activist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Darke" title="Paul Darke">Paul Darke</a> called Blunkett "in denial of his impairment as a valid and different experience".<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blunkett suffered a <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a> on 25 August 2024 while on holiday in Italy he was rushed to hospital and had <a href="/wiki/Stent" title="Stent">stents</a> implanted.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blunkett was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Cornwell" title="Phil Cornwell">Phil Cornwell</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Comic_Strip_Presents" class="mw-redirect" title="The Comic Strip Presents">The Comic Strip Presents</a>'</i> 1992 film <i>Red Nose of Courage</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He was also portrayed in series 3 episode 1 ("Deadlier than the Male") of the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Force" title="Ultimate Force">Ultimate Force</a></i>. Blunkett was introduced in the final scene as "The Home Secretary" with a shot of his feet and guide dog arriving to congratulate red troop on a successful operation. He was also parodied in the TV comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Believe_Nothing" title="Believe Nothing">Believe Nothing</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Satirist <a href="/wiki/Alistair_Beaton" title="Alistair Beaton">Alistair Beaton</a> wrote the television film <i>A Very Social Secretary</i> for <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>, which was broadcast in October 2005. Blunkett was played by <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Hill" title="Bernard Hill">Bernard Hill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blunkett appears regularly both on news and magazine programmes, and he was the subject of an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_House_I_Grew_Up_In" title="The House I Grew Up In">The House I Grew Up In</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_radio_4,_DB_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_radio_4,_DB-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, the grime MC <a href="/wiki/Chronik" title="Chronik">Chronik</a> released the track "Go Blunkett" on his critically acclaimed <i>Rise of the Lengman</i> album. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Mr Don Foster (Bath), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990311/debtext/90311-13.htm#90311-13_spnew6">Commons Hansard, 11 March 1999, Column 526</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180426144138/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990311/debtext/90311-13.htm#90311-13_spnew6">Archived</a> 26 April 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">David Blunkett, <i>On a Clear Day</i>, 1995, Michael O'Mara Books.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLavaletteMooney2013" class="citation book cs1">Lavalette, Michael; Mooney, Gerry (15 April 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nBMPiSha2cIC&q=disability+activists+critical+of+david+blunkett"><i>Class Struggle and Social Welfare</i></a>. 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Hogarth Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7012-0777-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7012-0777-9"><bdi>978-0-7012-0777-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Democracy+in+Crisis%3A+The+Town+Halls+Respond&rft.pub=Hogarth+Press&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=978-0-7012-0777-9&rft.aulast=Blunkett&rft.aufirst=David&rft.au=Jackson%2C+Keith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Blunkett" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlunkett2001" class="citation book cs1">Blunkett, David (2001). <i>Politics and Progress: Renewing Democracy and a Civil Society</i>. Demos. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84275-024-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84275-024-7"><bdi>978-1-84275-024-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Politics+and+Progress%3A+Renewing+Democracy+and+a+Civil+Society&rft.pub=Demos&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-1-84275-024-7&rft.aulast=Blunkett&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Blunkett" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlunkettMacCormick2002" class="citation book cs1">Blunkett, David; MacCormick, Alex (2002). <i>On a Clear Day</i> (revised ed.). <a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Mara_Books" title="Michael O'Mara Books">Michael O'Mara Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84317-007-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84317-007-5"><bdi>978-1-84317-007-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=On+a+Clear+Day&rft.edition=revised&rft.pub=Michael+O%27Mara+Books&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-1-84317-007-5&rft.aulast=Blunkett&rft.aufirst=David&rft.au=MacCormick%2C+Alex&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Blunkett" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlunkett2006" class="citation book cs1">Blunkett, David (16 October 2006). <i>The Blunkett Tapes: My life in the bear pit</i>. Bloomsbury. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7475-8823-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7475-8823-8"><bdi>978-0-7475-8823-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Blunkett+Tapes%3A+My+life+in+the+bear+pit&rft.pub=Bloomsbury&rft.date=2006-10-16&rft.isbn=978-0-7475-8823-8&rft.aulast=Blunkett&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Blunkett" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMinogue2002" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Minogue" title="Kenneth Minogue">Minogue, Kenneth</a> (2002). <i>Civil Society and David Blunkett: Lawyers Vs. Politicians</i>. Civitas. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-903386-22-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-903386-22-4"><bdi>978-1-903386-22-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Civil+Society+and+David+Blunkett%3A+Lawyers+Vs.+Politicians&rft.pub=Civitas&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-1-903386-22-4&rft.aulast=Minogue&rft.aufirst=Kenneth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Blunkett" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPollard2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Pollard" title="Stephen Pollard">Pollard, Stephen</a> (14 December 2004). <i>David Blunkett</i>. Hodder & Stoughton. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-340-82534-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-340-82534-1"><bdi>978-0-340-82534-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=David+Blunkett&rft.pub=Hodder+%26+Stoughton&rft.date=2004-12-14&rft.isbn=978-0-340-82534-1&rft.aulast=Pollard&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Blunkett" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blunkett&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100519122432/http://davidblunkett.typepad.com/rt_hon_david_blunkett_mp/">David Blunkett MP</a> <i>official constituency blog</i></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-david-blunkett/395">Profile</a> at <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/search/MemberContributions?memberId=395">Contributions in Parliament</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-david-blunkett">Contributions in Parliament</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard 1803–2005</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=David_Blunkett">Voting record</a> at <a href="/wiki/Public_Whip" title="Public Whip">Public Whip</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10050">Record in Parliament</a> at <a href="/wiki/TheyWorkForYou" title="TheyWorkForYou">TheyWorkForYou</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/davidblunkett">David Blunkett</a> collected news and commentary at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264196#P3106" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" 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href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128101412/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/ministerial-conduct-and-guidance">"Ministerial conduct and guidance"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081015174021/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-1867436,00.html">Disclosure of non-sale of shares</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Resignation as home secretary</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2004/blunkett_resigns/">BBC News In Depth – Blunkett Resignation</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4099761.stm">Text of David Blunkett's resignation statement</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/21_12_04_budd.pdf">Budd Report (fast-tracking of visa)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/21_12_04_blunkett_rail.pdf">Mawer Report (inappropriate use of taxpayer-funded rail ticket)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/british-home-secretary-quits-amid-scandal-1.507160">British Home Secretary quits amid scandal</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Paternity battle</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4320827.stm">"Blunkett 'did not father child'"</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">George Wilson</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Leader of the 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and Skills </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Jack Straw</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> </b><br />2001–2004 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Clarke" title="Charles Clarke">Charles Clarke</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Johnson" title="Alan Johnson">Alan Johnson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Secretary of State for Work and Pensions">Secretary of State for Work and Pensions</a> </b><br />2005 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Hutton,_Baron_Hutton_of_Furness" title="John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness">John Hutton</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joan_Maynard_(politician)" title="Joan Maynard (politician)">Joan Maynard</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Brightside" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Brightside">Sheffield Brightside</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Herbrand_Sackville,_9th_Earl_De_La_Warr" title="Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr">De La Warr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herwald_Ramsbotham,_1st_Viscount_Soulbury" title="Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury">Soulbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">Butler</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="75" class="mw-file-element" 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Petty,_2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne" title="William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne">Shelburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Townshend,_1st_Viscount_Sydney" title="Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney">Townshend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North" title="Frederick North, Lord North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Nugent-Temple-Grenville,_1st_Marquess_of_Buckingham" title="George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Townshend,_1st_Viscount_Sydney" title="Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney">Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grenville,_1st_Baron_Grenville" title="William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville">Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Dundas,_1st_Viscount_Melville" title="Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville">Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish-Bentinck,_3rd_Duke_of_Portland" title="William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham,_2nd_Earl_of_Chichester" title="Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Philip_Yorke" title="Charles Philip Yorke">Yorke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenkinson,_2nd_Earl_of_Liverpool" title="Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool">Hawkesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Spencer,_2nd_Earl_Spencer" title="George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenkinson,_2nd_Earl_of_Liverpool" title="Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ryder_(politician,_born_1766)" title="Richard Ryder (politician, born 1766)">Ryder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Addington" title="Henry Addington">Sidmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sturges_Bourne" title="William Sturges Bourne">Sturges Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_3rd_Marquess_of_Lansdowne" title="Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne">Lansdowne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lamb,_2nd_Viscount_Melbourne" title="William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ponsonby,_4th_Earl_of_Bessborough" title="John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough">Duncannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Goulburn" title="Henry Goulburn">Goulburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Phipps,_1st_Marquess_of_Normanby" title="Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby">Normanby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Graham,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Horatio_Walpole" title="Spencer Horatio Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" title="Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Palmerston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Horatio_Walpole" title="Spencer Horatio Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._H._S._Sotheron-Estcourt" title="T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt">Sotheron-Estcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cornewall_Lewis" title="George Cornewall Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Horatio_Walpole" title="Spencer Horatio Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gathorne_Gathorne-Hardy,_1st_Earl_of_Cranbrook" title="Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook">Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lowe" title="Robert Lowe">Lowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._A._Cross,_1st_Viscount_Cross" title="R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Harcourt_(politician)" title="William Harcourt (politician)">Harcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._A._Cross,_1st_Viscount_Cross" title="R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Childers" title="Hugh Childers">Childers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Matthews,_1st_Viscount_Llandaff" title="Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">Asquith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_White_Ridley,_1st_Viscount_Ridley" title="Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley">Ridley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ritchie,_1st_Baron_Ritchie_of_Dundee" title="Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee">Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretas_Akers-Douglas,_1st_Viscount_Chilston" title="Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston">Akers-Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Gladstone,_1st_Viscount_Gladstone" title="Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_McKenna" title="Reginald McKenna">McKenna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Simon,_1st_Viscount_Simon" title="John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel" title="Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel">Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cave,_1st_Viscount_Cave" title="George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Shortt" title="Edward Shortt">Shortt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bridgeman,_1st_Viscount_Bridgeman" title="William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman">Bridgeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Joynson-Hicks,_1st_Viscount_Brentford" title="William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford">Joynson-Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">Clynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel" title="Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel">Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Gilmour,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet">Gilmour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Simon,_1st_Viscount_Simon" title="John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hoare,_1st_Viscount_Templewood" title="Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood">Hoare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Anderson,_1st_Viscount_Waverley" title="John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Somervell,_Baron_Somervell_of_Harrow" title="Donald Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow">Somervell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Chuter_Ede" title="James Chuter Ede">Chuter Ede</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Maxwell_Fyfe,_1st_Earl_of_Kilmuir" title="David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir">Maxwell-Fyfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwilym_Lloyd_George" title="Gwilym Lloyd George">Lloyd George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brooke,_Baron_Brooke_of_Cumnor" title="Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Soskice" title="Frank Soskice">Soskice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Maudling" title="Reginald Maudling">Maudling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carr" title="Robert Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlyn_Rees" title="Merlyn Rees">Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whitelaw" title="William Whitelaw">Whitelaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Brittan" title="Leon Brittan">Brittan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hurd" title="Douglas Hurd">Hurd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Waddington" title="David Waddington">Waddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Baker,_Baron_Baker_of_Dorking" title="Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">K. 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title="George Barnes (British politician)">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hodge_(politician)" title="John Hodge (politician)">Hodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laming_Worthington-Evans" title="Laming Worthington-Evans">Worthington-Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Macpherson,_1st_Baron_Strathcarron" title="Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron">Macpherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tryon,_1st_Baron_Tryon" title="George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon">Tryon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Roberts_(British_politician)" title="Frederick Roberts (British politician)">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tryon,_1st_Baron_Tryon" title="George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon">Tryon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Roberts_(British_politician)" title="Frederick Roberts (British politician)">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tryon,_1st_Baron_Tryon" title="George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon">Tryon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hudson,_1st_Viscount_Hudson" title="Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herwald_Ramsbotham,_1st_Viscount_Soulbury" title="Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury">Ramsbotham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Womersley" title="Walter Womersley">Womersley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Paling" title="Wilfred Paling">Paling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hynd" title="John Hynd">Hynd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Buchanan_(politician)" title="George Buchanan (politician)">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Marquand" title="Hilary Marquand">Marquand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Isaacs" title="George Isaacs">Isaacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derick_Heathcoat-Amory,_1st_Viscount_Amory" title="Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory">Heathcoat-Amory</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Secretary of State for Work and Pensions">Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Darling" title="Alistair Darling">Darling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Smith_(British_politician)" title="Andrew Smith (British politician)">A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Johnson" title="Alan Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Blunkett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hutton,_Baron_Hutton_of_Furness" title="John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness">Hutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Hain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Purnell" title="James Purnell">Purnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Cooper" title="Yvette Cooper">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Duncan Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Crabb" title="Stephen Crabb">Crabb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Coffey" title="Thérèse Coffey">Coffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chloe_Smith" title="Chloe Smith">C. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Darling" title="Alistair Darling">Alistair Darling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Davies_(Welsh_politician)" title="Ron Davies (Welsh politician)">Ron Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Dobson" title="Frank Dobson">Frank Dobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Peter Hain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Hewitt" title="Patricia Hewitt">Patricia Hewitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hoon" title="Geoff Hoon">Geoff Hoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hutton_(Labour_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hutton (Labour MP)">John Hutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derry_Irvine,_Baron_Irvine_of_Lairg" title="Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg">Lord Irvine of Lairg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Jay,_Baroness_Jay_of_Paddington" title="Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of 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