Background
Dunlop was born at Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire and went to school at Glenalmond College and The Glasgow Academy.
Dunlop was born at Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire and went to school at Glenalmond College and The Glasgow Academy.
Dunlop was born at Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire and went to school at Glenalmond College and The Glasgow Academy. He then read Politics and Economics at Edinburgh University under the tutorship of Professor John Mackintosh, formerly Labour Member of Parliament for Berwick and East Lothian, graduating with an Master of Arts degree. He subsequently completed a Postgraduate Diploma in European Competition Law at King"s College, London.
Lord Dunlop sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords as a Minister for Scotland in Her Majesty Government. Dunlop"s first political job was as Head of Research for the Scottish Conservative Party from 1981 until 1984. He then joined the Conservative Research Department, first holding the Trade and Industry brief before becoming Head of the Political Section.
He served as a Special Adviser to the Defence Secretary, then George Younger Member of Parliament in Margaret Thatcher"s cabinet.
Dunlop worked at 10 Downing Street under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He covered a range of policy areas during his stint in the Number 10 Policy Unit including Scotland (a key policy development was the establishment of Scottish Enterprise), United Kingdom Defence procurement, employment and training policy.
In 2012, Dunlop was appointed Chief Adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron. He played a key role in devising the British Government’s response to the Scottish Independence campaign, the outcome of which in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum result was for Scotland to remain as part of the Union.
Dunlop previously served as a Horsham District Councillor representing Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead Ward.
Appointed Minister for Scotland on 26 May 2015 by David Cameron, he was created by Letters Patent as Baron Dunlop, of Helensburgh in the County of Dunbarton, being introduced to the House of Lords on 28 May 2015.
