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| name = Tim Devlin<br />
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]]<br />
| constituency_MP = [[Stockton South]]<br />
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| predecessor = [[Ian Wrigglesworth]]<br />
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| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]]<br>[[City University London]]<br />
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'''Timothy Robert Devlin''' (born 13 June 1959) is a British [[barrister]] and former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician. From 1987 to 1997, he was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] for [[Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockton South]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Devlin was born on 13 June 1959.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|s|5|date=March 2012}}</ref> He was educated at [[Dulwich College]], an all-boys [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] in London. He studied at the [[London School of Economics]], the [[City University London]], and the [[Inns of Court School of Law]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
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===Political career===<br />
Devlin was first elected the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] (MP) for the [[Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockton South]] constituency in the [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]], when he defeated [[Ian Wrigglesworth]]. From 1992 to 1994, he was [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney-General]].<ref name="bio – Furnival Chambers">{{cite web|title=Tim Devlin|url=http://furnivalchambers.co.uk/barrister/tim-devlin/|website=Furnival Chambers|accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref><br />
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Devlin was unseated in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], losing to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[Dari Taylor]]. He tried to regain the seat in [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]], but was beaten by Taylor again.<br />
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Tim Devlin, while a Tory MP, helped arrange a meeting on 28 January 1993 in which Customs was ordered to drop drug-smuggling charges against Middlesbrough drug trafficker [[Brian Charrington]]. The case was dropped when it emerged that Charrington was a paid [[informant]] for [[HM Customs]] officers. All the accused, including Charrington and [[Curtis Warren]], were acquitted of all charges.<ref>Barnes, Tony; Richard Elias; Peter Walsh. 2003 ''Cocky: the rise and fall of Curtis Warren, Britain's biggest drug baron'' {{ISBN|978-0-9530847-7-7}}</ref><br />
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===Legal career===<br />
Devlin was [[called to the bar]] in 1985, thereby qualifying as a [[barrister]]. He is currently a member of Furnival Chambers.<ref name="bio – Furnival Chambers" /><br />
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