Denis MacShane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Denis MacShane

British politician

Date of Birth: 21-May-1948

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Denis MacShane

  • Denis MacShane (born Josef Denis Matyjaszek, 21 May 1948) is a British former Labour Party politician.
  • He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham from 1994 to his resignation in 2012 and served in the Labour Government as Minister of State for Europe from 2002 until 2005. He is the author of several books on European politics, most notably Brexit: How Britain will Leave Europe, written in 2014, which warned that the EU referendum in the UK would result in a vote to quit Europe.
  • His latest book, Brexiternity: The Uncertain Fate of Britain, argues that Brexit will dominate British politics, economics and international relations for years to come. In November 2012, he was suspended from the Labour Party after the House of Commons Standards and Privileges Committee found that he had submitted 19 false invoices "plainly intended to deceive" the parliamentary expenses authority.
  • The allegations, which were made by the British National Party, had been investigated for 20 months by the Metropolitan Police.
  • At the end of their enquiry the CPS decided to close the file.
  • But MPs in the Commons decided otherwise and although MacShane was never interviewed by anyone in the Commons they decided to uphold the BNP complaint and MacShane resigned as an MP. The same day he announced his intention to resign as MP for Rotherham.
  • Subsequently, in October 2013, he resigned from the Privy Council after discussions with the body's secretariat.In November 2013 he pleaded guilty to false accounting at the Old Bailey, by submitting false receipts for £12,900.
  • On 23 December, Mr Justice Sweeney sentenced MacShane to six months in prison.
  • He served his sentence in HM Prison Belmarsh and HM Prison Brixton, and subsequently by wearing an electronic tag.
  • In 2014 UKIP MEPs alleged MacShane was asked to leave the European Parliament members’ bar where he had been meeting UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
  • In the 2014 book Prison Diaries he claimed to hold the status of "politician prisoner".

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