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Thursday, 30 October, 2003, 17:24 GMT
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Timeline: Michael Howard's career
18 June, 1970
Stands for seat of Liverpool Edge Hill at general election but loses.
9 June, 1983
After successful legal career enters House of Commons as MP for Folkestone and Hythe.
27 May, 1993
Becomes home secretary in John Majors cabinet.
22 August, 1993
Brings in tough changes to penal system under credo prison works.
1 November, 1993
Prisons chief Derek Lewis warns inmate numbers are rising sharply.
2 January, 1995
Prisoners at overcrowded Everthorpe jail on Humberside go on rampage.
3 January, 1995
Three prisoners escape from top security Parkhurst jail and there is a second night of rioting at Everthorpe.
4 January, 1995
Howard faces calls to resign over the prisons crisis.
16 October, 1995
Prisons chief Derek Lewis is fired by Howard after a damning report into the state of Britains jails.
Mr Howard faced media allegations of scapegoating over the affair. And it was a move which would return to haunt him in the 1997 leadership election.
1 May, 1997
Labour oust the Tories in a massive landslide.
2 May, 1997
John Major resigns as Tory leader. Howard throws hat into ring.
11 May, 1997
Ann Widdecombe denounces her former boss saying there is something of the night about him.
13 May, 1997
Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman grills Howard asking him the same question 14 times.
In a preleadership election interview Jeremy Paxman asks Mr Howard about the sacking of prisons chief Derek Lewis in 1995 following the Parkhurst escape Everthorpe riot and Fred West's suicide. Paxman asks quotDid you threaten to overrule himquot 14 times and each time Mr Howard evades the question.
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10 June, 1997
Howard pulls out of leadership race after coming last in first round.
19 June, 1997
William Hague elected leader of the Conservative party.
19 June, 1999
Howard steps down from his role as shadow foreign secretary bringing an end to 14 years on the Tory frontbench.
7 June, 2001
Labour wins an historic second term.
8 June, 2001
Hague resigns as Tory leader.
13 September, 2001
Iain Duncan Smith elected Tory leader. Howard becomes shadow chancellor.
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29 October, 2003
IDS defeated in confidence vote. Howard is frontrunner to replace him.
6 November, 2003
Michael Howard becomes leader of the Conservative party after no other candidates come forward.
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Michael Howard
"I will lead this party from its centre"
HOWARD BECOMES TORY LEADER
KEY STORIES
Conservatives to sell London HQ
Shadow cabinet shake-up
Portillo to stand down as MP
Howard 'excited' by challenge
Howard crowned Tory leader
ANALYSIS
Balancing act
Will Michael Howard's 'rainbow' coalition satisfy all sides?
BACKGROUND & FEATURES
Timeline: Michael Howard's career
Reaction: Howard crowned
Key quotes: Michael Howard
Timeline: IDS leadership
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