Hamish Falconer is a British Labour party politician and former diplomat, who was elected as Member of Parliament for Lincoln in the general election held on 4 July 2024.[1]
Hamish Falconer | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Lincoln | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Karl McCartney |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Parent(s) | Charlie, the Lord Falconer & Marianna, Lady Falconer |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge Yale University |
| Website | hamishfalconer |
The son of Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, who was Lord Chancellor under Tony Blair in the early 2000s, Falconer attended Westminster School and then St. John's College, Cambridge, graduating in 2008,[2] before joining the diplomatic service. Falconer worked in the UK government's Department for International Development from 2009 to 2013, and then the Foreign and Commonwealth Office until 2022.[3] His diplomatic career centred on national security and humanitarian relief, including hostage recovery.[4][5] Whilst in the Foreign Office, he spent a year at Yale University as a "World Fellow".[6]
Since leaving the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, Falconer worked as an associate fellow at the IPPR,[4] alongside standing as a candidate for Parliament.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Lincoln - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "SPS - Hamish Falconer | St John's College, University of Cambridge". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Rea, Ailbhe (29 June 2024). "Hamish Falconer: "We will be forming a government under much harder conditions than 1997"". New Statesman. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Hamish Falconer". IPPR. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Former Cabinet Office, Treasury and DWP civil servants among today's election candidates". Civil Service World. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Hamish Falconer – Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program". Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ ""Greatest privilege of my life": Lincoln's Labour candidate named". The Lincolnite. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.