Editing Michael Jack

{{Short description|British politician (born 1946)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| honorific-suffix    = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| image               = Michael Jack CBE.png
| caption             = Official portrait, 2013
| office              = Chairman of the [[Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee]]
| term_start          = 12 November 2003
| term_end            = 6 May 2010
| predecessor         = [[David Curry]]
| successor           = [[Anne McIntosh]]
| office1             = [[Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]]
| leader1             = [[William Hague]]
| term_start1         = 2 December 1997
| term_end1           = 12 June 1998
| predecessor1        = [[David Curry]]
| successor1          = [[Tim Yeo]]
| office2             = [[Financial Secretary to the Treasury]]
| primeminister2      = [[John Major]]
| term_start2         = 5 July 1995
| term_end2           = 2 May 1997
| predecessor2        = [[Sir George Young, 6th Baronet|Sir George Young]]
| successor2          = [[Dawn Primarolo]]
| office3             = [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food|Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]]
| primeminister3      = [[John Major]]
| term_start3         = 27 May 1993
| term_end3           = 5 July 1995
| predecessor3        = [[David Curry]]
| successor3          = [[Tony Baldry]]
| office4             = [[Minister of State for Home Affairs (United Kingdom)|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]
| primeminister4      = [[John Major]]
| term_start4         = 14 April 1992
| term_end4           = 27 May 1993
| predecessor4        = [[Angela Rumbold]]
| successor4          = [[David Maclean]]
| office5             = [[Department of Social Security (United Kingdom)|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security]]
| primeminister5      = [[John Major]]
| term_start5         = 28 November 1990
| term_end5           = 14 April 1992
| predecessor5        = [[Gillian Shephard]]
| successor5          = [[Alistair Burt]]
| office6             = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)|Fylde]]
| term_start6         = 11 June 1987
| term_end6           = 12 April 2010
| predecessor6        = [[Edward Gardner (British politician)|Edward Gardner]]
| successor6          = [[Mark Menzies]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1946|09|17|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Folkestone]], England
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| spouse              = Alison Jane Musgrave
| party               = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| relations           = 
| children            = 
| alma_mater          = [[University of Leicester]]
| profession          = 
}}

'''John Michael Jack''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 17 September 1946) is a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician in the [[United Kingdom]] and was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)|Fylde]] between 1987 and 2010, serving at various junior ministerial posts during the [[John Major]] administration. He was chair of the [[Office of Tax Simplification]] (OTS).<ref>{{cite web |last=Goodall |first=Andrew |date=29 September 2011 |title=Interim leaders reappointed at Office of Tax Simplification |url=https://www.taxjournal.com/articles/interim-leaders-reappointed-office-tax-simplification-33511 |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=Tax Journal }}</ref>

==Early life==
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Michael Jack was born in [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]], [[England]], the son of Ralph and Florence Jack. He attended [[Bradford Grammar School]] and then Bradford Institute of Technology (now the [[University of Bradford]]). At the [[University of Leicester]], he received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[Economics]], and a [[Master of Philosophy|MPhil]] in Transport Economics. He worked for [[Procter & Gamble]] from 1971 to 1975. From 1975 to 1980, he worked at [[Marks & Spencer]], being PA to Managing Director [[Derek Rayner, Baron Rayner|Lord Rayner]] from 1975 to 1976, National Chairman of the [[Young Conservatives (UK)|Young Conservatives]] from 1976 to 1977, Sales Director at LO Jeffs Ltd (a fresh produce supply company and part of [[Northern Foods]]) from 1981 to 1987. He has also been a member of the Eastern Area Electricity Consultative Council, and of the [[List of NHS Regional Health Authorities (before 1996)|Mersey Regional Health Authority]].

==Parliamentary career==
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[[File:Michael Jack official portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Jack's official portrait as Financial Secretary]]
He contested [[Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle Central]] in February 1974. He was a Minister at the [[Department of Social Security|DSS]] from 1990 to 1992, at the [[Home Office]] from 1992 to 1993, then at [[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)|MAFF]] from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to 1997, he was [[Financial Secretary to the Treasury]]. [[William Hague]] appointed him a member of his [[Shadow Cabinet]] in 1997 as Shadow Agriculture Minister, but he returned to the back-benches in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/752128130/|title=Spanish armada invades British waters by stealth|date=9 November 1997 |page=18 |work=Sunday Telegraph |via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=7 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/849924672/|title=Jack quits Hague’s shadow team |date=3 August 1998 |page=6 |work=The Birmingham Post |via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=7 April 2025}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Agriculture Select Committee]] in the 1997-2001 parliament.<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Commons - Agriculture - First Report |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmagric/94/9401.htm |accessdate=11 March 2025 |website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref> He was later Chairman of the [[Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee]].

Jack was a pro-European, and was member of the [[Tory Reform Group]].

He was appointed to the [[Privy council|Privy Council]] in the [[1997 New Year Honours]]. On 14 March 2008, Jack announced that he would stand down at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Shock-as-MP-Jack-to.3881603.jp|title=Shock as MP Jack to quit seat|newspaper=[[Blackpool Gazette]]|date=15 March 2008|access-date=15 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108160301/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Shock-as-MP-Jack-to.3881603.jp|archive-date=8 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> After he left Parliament he served as chairman of the [[Office of Tax Simplification]] and he was appointed Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to tax policy.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61092|supp=y|page=N9|date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102104907/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf|url-status=dead|title=2015 New Year Honours List|archivedate=2 January 2015|accessdate=7 April 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married Alison Jane Musgrave in 1976, and they have two sons.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/2/25904.stm | title=Vote 2001 &#124; Candidates |work=BBC News }}</ref>

He retired as Chairman of [[Topps Tiles]] Plc in 2015, having served since 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=BRIEF-Topps Tiles says chairman Michael Jack to retire |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN0VY04M20150225 |website=[[Reuters]] |date=25 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103210009/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN0VY04M20150225 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, he was appointed Chair of Governors of the [[Royal Agricultural University]].<ref>[https://www.rau.ac.uk/sites/default/files/rau/RAU%20Annual%20Report%20and%20Financial%20Statement%202018-19.pdf]  page 29</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060321155043/http%3A//www.michaeljackmp.org.uk/ |title=Official Website |date=21 March 2006}}
*{{Hansard-contribs | mr-michael-jack | Michael Jack }}
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224241/http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Michael+Jack/ ePolitix.com – Michael Jack MP]}}
*[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-2663,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Michael Jack MP]
*[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/michael_jack/fylde TheyWorkForYou.com – Michael Jack MP]
*[http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Michael_Jack&mpc=Fylde The Public Whip – Michael Jack MP] voting record
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/259.stm BBC News – Michael Jack MP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415164826/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/259.stm |date=15 April 2008 }} profile 4 March 2005

===Audio clips===
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/audio/38086000/rm/_38086877_fridges_jack07.ram Discussing a £40m fridge ''mountain'' in 2002]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6500000/newsid_6505600?redirect=6505635.stm&news=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nbwm=1&nbram=1 Discussing Margaret Beckett in 2007]

===News items===
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3730075.stm Discussing Gangmasters in 2004]

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  | title  = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)|Fylde]]
  | years  = 1987–2010
  | start  = [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987]]
  | before = [[Edward Gardner (British politician)|Edward Gardner]]
  | after  = [[Mark Menzies]]
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  | title  = [[Financial Secretary to the Treasury]]
  | years  = 1995–1997
  | before = [[Sir George Young, 6th Baronet|George Young]]
  | after  = [[Dawn Primarolo]]
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