Rt Hon Tony McNulty
Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform and Minister for London
Tony McNulty was elected to Parliament in the May 1997 General Election. He served as a Whip from 1999 to 2002, following a period as Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Blunkett. McNulty was then appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister with responsibility for neighbourhood renewal, housing and planning.
He was moved to the Department for Transport in June 2003 as Parliamentary Under Secretary with responsibility for aviation, local transport, and London, and was promoted to Minister of State with responsibility for Rail and London in September 2004.
Tony moved to the Home Office on 9 May 2005 as Minister of State for Immigration, following the general election reshuffle. In May 2006 his Home Office portfolio changed to responsibility over policing and crime, security and counter-terrorism. In July 2007, he became a Privy Councillor. In Gordon Brown's reshuffle on 3 October 2008 Tony moved to become Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform at the Department for Work and Pensions and Minister for London, attending Cabinet.
Before becoming an MP he was leader of the Labour group on Harrow council and a senior lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, at the University of North London from 1983-97. Tony is married to Christine Gilbert (CBE).