Richard Allan (born 11 February 1966) was the Liberal Democrats Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam from the general election of Thursday the 2 May 1997 until the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April 2005.

In 1997, he unseated Irvine Patnick of the Conservative Party achieving a majority of 8,221 with a swing of 15.3%. In 2001, he was re-elected with an increased majority of 9,347. During his tenure, Allan held various committee seats, including the Chair of the House of Commons Information Select Committee and a seat on the House of Commons Liaison Select Committee. Richard Allan was the founding chairman of the Parthenon 2004 campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles.

Allan did not seek reelection at the 2005 general election. He was succeeded by fellow Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg (majority 8682), for whom he acted as campaign manager. He is now Head of Government Affairs for Cisco Systems UK, a visiting fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute and deputy chairman of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.

External links

• Post Political Times Richard Allan's weblog
• Oxford Internet Institute
• Sheffield Liberal Democrats
• Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Richard Allan
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Richard Allan
• The Public Whip - Richard Allan voting record
• BBC News - Richard Allan profile 10 February, 2005

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