Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under prime minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2015, representing Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South West.
Official portrait, 2007
Darling in 2006
Darling with French finance minister Christine Lagarde and US secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner in Istanbul, 2009
Darling in 2014
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within His Majesty's Government, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Budget box or Gladstone box, c. 1860
Image: Bishop Walter Stapledon Exeter Cathedral
Image: William Catesby, memorial brass