Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton

British politician, peer and barrister

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1951

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: judge, politician, barrister

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC, QC, (born 19 November 1951), is a British Labour peer and barrister. Falconer became the Lord Chancellor and the first Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs in 2003 under Prime Minister Tony Blair, and would go on to become the first Secretary of State for Justice in a 2007 reorganisation and enlargement of the portfolio of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
He held this role for over a month until Gordon Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007.
Falconer was replaced by Jack Straw.
He was named Shadow Justice Secretary under the acting leadership of Harriet Harman in 2015, and continued in this role after the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the party, until—along with dozens of his colleagues—he resigned on 26 June 2016.