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Michael Bates, Lord Bates was born on 26 May 1961. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords.


== Political career ==

Lord Bates was appointed as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Criminal Information at the Home Office in 2014.
Previously, he was the Lords spokesman and Whip at the Department for Work and Pensions; the Whip at the Department for International Development; and Whip for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on broadcasting in October 2013. At the same time he was also appointed as a Lord-in-Waiting.
He became a member of the Conservative Party in 1979. From 1992 to 1997 he was the Member of Parliament for Langbaurgh constituency. In the House of Commons he served as a senior Government Whip, Paymaster-General in the Cabinet Office and Sponsor Minister for North East England.
In 2008 he was appointed to the House of Lords. From 2008 unitil 2010 he held a number of Shadow Ministerial posts including: Communities & Local Government, Cabinet Office and the Whips’ Office.
In 2013 he was appointed a Deputy Speaker & Deputy Chairman of the House of Lords.
He was the Director of Research & Consulting for Oxford Analytica – an international consulting firm using a network of academics for Oxford and universities around the world to undertake research in economic, business and political trends


== Education ==

He has a MBA degree from Said Business School, University of Oxford.


== External references and links ==

[https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lord-bates biography]