Background
Born in 1946, the son of Donald and Elsie May McKenzie, formerly Doust, McKenzie was educated at the University of Bristol between 1964 and 1967, graduating with a Bachelor degree in Economics and Accounting.
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Born in 1946, the son of Donald and Elsie May McKenzie, formerly Doust, McKenzie was educated at the University of Bristol between 1964 and 1967, graduating with a Bachelor degree in Economics and Accounting.
University of Bristol.
He moved to Price Waterhouse in 1973, working for a senior manager in many locations. In 1980 he was promoted to a Partner, holding this position until 1986, when he became a consultant. He stayed within the company, but in 1992 moved to Hong Kong, working first as consultant, and then as a partner again.
McKenzie twice contested the seat of Luton South in the 1987 and 1992 General Elections respectively.
He was its leader until May 2003 and remained on the Council until 2005. He covered a number of roles during his Council service, particularly relating to local governance finance.
He was also Chairman of London Luton Airport. McKenzie was elevated to the peerage on 18 June 2004 as Baron McKenzie of Luton, of Luton, in the County of Bedfordshire.
He was appointed Government Spokesperson in the House of Lords Treasury and a Whip for the Department of Trade and Industry in May 2005.
McKenzie served as a Lord in Waiting and Government Spokesperson in the House of Lords for Treasury and Industry issues from 2005 to 2007. He was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions on 8 January 2007 and among his ministerial responsibilities are health and safety at work and the Health and Safety Executive. In the June 2009 reshuffle he retained this role, in addition to becoming a minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government.
After the 2010 General Election, Lord McKenzie shadowed his former roles in the House of Lords, as opposition spokesman on both Work and Pensions, and Communities and Local Government.
He remained in this position after the election of Editor Miliband as Labour Party leader.
Before being awarded a peerage, Lord McKenzie had been an advisor to Labour"s Shadow Treasury team and a member of the original Fabian Society Taxation Review Committee.
However, both times his bid to become a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) was unsuccessful. He was an elected member of Luton Borough Council from 1976 to 1992 then again from 1999 to 2005, following a spell in the far east. During this time he was a member of the General and Municipal Boilermakers Union trade union serving a range of trades from clerical work to furniture manufacturers.
Lord McKenzie remains a member of General and Municipal Boilermakers Union.