Stephen Byers

The Right Honourable Stephen Byers
Official portrait, c. 1998
Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
In office 8 June 2001 – 29 May 2002
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	John Prescott (Environment, Transport and the Regions)
Succeeded by	Alistair Darling (Transport)
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry President of the Board of Trade
In office 23 December 1998 – 8 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Peter Mandelson
Succeeded by	Patricia Hewitt
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 27 July 1998 – 23 December 1998
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Alistair Darling
Succeeded by	Alan Milburn
Minister of State for Schools
In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Eric Forth
Succeeded by	Estelle Morris
Member of Parliament for North Tyneside Wallsend (1992–1997)
In office 9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Ted Garrett
Succeeded by	Mary Glindon
North Tyneside Councillor for Howdon ward
In office 1 May 1980 – 10 April 1992
Preceded by	J. Wylie
Succeeded by	T. Cruikshanks
Personal details
Born	Stephen John Byers (1953-04-13) 13 April 1953 (age 71) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Liverpool John Moores University

Stephen John Byers (born 13 April 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallsend between 1992 and 1997, and North Tyneside from 1997 to 2010. He served in the Cabinet from 1998 to 2002, and was implicated in the MP expenses scandal and retired from politics in 2010.

During Byers' ministerial career, he was Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in the Cabinet.