He showed an unexpectedly warm and perceptive side of his nature when he took over for one week the life, family and income of a single mother living on benefits in Wallasey-When Michael Portillo became a Single Mum, ( 2003 ).

The seat gained national attention in the 1997 general election when the Secretary of State for Defence Michael Portillo was unexpectedly defeated on a massive swing.

In 1997, Michael Portillo, who succeeded Sir Anthony, lost the seat to Stephen Twigg, who after two terms lost in his turn to David Burrowes in May 2005.

It is held by some that, in the 1997 General Election, the incumbent Member of Parliament Michael Portillo lost his seat in part due to the proposal to build a McDonald's restaurant in Green Lanes on the site of the former Century House Conservative club, behind residences in Elm Park Road.

" Portillo has since admitted that he knew he had lost his seat by the time of the interview:

Alfonso Portillo was named to replace him as the FRG candidate, and narrowly lost.

With both candidates promising to finalize the peace negotiations Portillo narrowly lost, garnering 48. 7 % of the vote.

However, the FRG lost to Óscar Berger's GANA party, who was sworn in to replace Portillo on 14 January 2004.

Forth had hoped to support Michael Portillo for the leadership of the Conservative Party, to follow Major, but Portillo famously lost his seat in the 1997 general election.

Lang lost his seat in the 1997 general election, one of seven Cabinet members to do so ( the others being Malcolm Rifkind, Michael Portillo, Michael Forsyth, Roger Freeman, William Waldegrave and Tony Newton ).

In the 1995 presidential election, FRG candidate Alfonso Portillo narrowly lost in the second round, which is a run-off between the two highest placed candidates from the first round ballot.

His death in office triggered a by-election in Enfield Southgate, which was won by Michael Portillo.

Portillo returned to advisory work for the government and in December 1984 he stood for and won the Enfield Southgate by-election following the murder of the incumbent, Sir Anthony Berry, in the bombing by the IRA of the Grand Hotel in Brighton.

Portillo retained the Enfield Southgate seat until 1997.

As he was then a Cabinet Minister, Michael Portillo's constituency of Enfield Southgate was believed to be a safe seat but opinion polls showed the Labour candidate Stephen Twigg steadily gaining support, which may have prompted undecided voters or supporters of other parties to support Twigg in order to remove Portillo.

Luard stood as a candidate for the Referendum Party in the 1997 general election, against Michael Portillo in Enfield Southgate.

As a safe Conservative seat in London there was much speculation that former Defence Secretary and widely-predicted future Conservative leader Michael Portillo would seek to return to the Commons after losing the Enfield Southgate constituency in the 1997 election.

Browne contested the Enfield Southgate parliamentary constituency at the 1997 general election, coming third, behind Labour's Stephen Twigg whose shock ousting of the then Secretary of State for Defence Michael Portillo was a seminal moment in the election.

The first candidate was Weiss in the Enfield Southgate by-election, 1984 ; Michael Portillo won and Weiss polled 48 votes.

The Nationalist Party made its last appearance in a 1984 by-election in the Southgate constituency, with James Kershaw polling only 80 votes in a seat won by Michael Portillo.

He came to national prominence in 1997 by winning the seat of then-Defence Secretary Michael Portillo.

For many, Portillo ( widely tipped to be the next Tory leader ) losing his seat was the most iconic moment of the election ; a book of the election by Brian Cathcart was titled Were You Still Up for Portillo?

Hitchens challenged Michael Portillo for the Conservative Party nomination in the Kensington and Chelsea seat in 1999, accusing Portillo of " washy moderation ".

Portillo immediately confirmed his interest in the seat, but was then confronted with the publication of an interview he had given previously that summer in which he had confirmed that while at Peterhouse, Cambridge he had had homosexual affairs.

" The seat was won, as expected, by the Conservative candidate Michael Portillo.

It was one of the safest Conservative seats in the United Kingdom, and since its creation in 1997 became a prestigious seat, with MP Alan Clark, the former Defence Secretary Michael Portillo and the former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind all holding the seat for the Conservatives.

" As municipal seat San Mateo Río Hondo has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: Barranca Grande, El Campanario, El Cuachepil, El Encino, El Esfuerzo, El Manzanal, El Naranjal, El Progreso, El Tavel, Falda de Portillo, Horno de Cal, Jalatengo, La Concepción, La Doncella, La Floreña, La Victoria, Las Nubes, Las Tinas, Loma San Marcial, Miramar, Piedra Gentil, Pinabete ( Llano de Pinabete ), Ranchería Yogoló ( Piedra Manchada ), Rancho Cañas, Rancho Cerezales, Rancho Madroño ( Rancho el Capulín ), Rancho Nuevo, Río Cuapinol, Río Grande, Río Molino, Río Pacífico, San Antonio, San Felipe ( Manzanillo ), San Ildefonso Ozolotepec, San José del Pacífico, San Melchor, San Pablo, Tres Cruces, Yogoló, and Zapotitlán.

Anderson was educated at Stanburn Primary School and Harrow County School for Boys in London, where his group of friends included Geoffrey Perkins and Michael Portillo.

The Conservative politicians Michael Portillo and Michael Howard both studied at Peterhouse.

There is an ancient Iberian archaeological site at a place known as " El Portillo ", located within Sesa's municipal term.

It was soon backed by International Ski Federation ( FIS ) president Marc Hodler during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 at Portillo, Chile, and became an official FIS event in the spring of 1967 after the FIS Congress at Beirut, Lebanon.

Portillo retired from the Commons at the 2005 general election, and has since pursued his media interests, presenting a wide range of television and radio programmes.

Born Michael Denzil Portillo in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, Portillo took the name Xavier at confirmation.

An early brush with fame came in 1961 at the age of 8, when Portillo starred in a television advertisement for Ribena, a blackcurrant cordial drink.

As Defence Secretary Portillo invited criticism by invoking the motto of the SAS, " Who Dares, Wins ", at a speech at the Conservative Party annual conference.

In November 2003, having turned down an offer of a Shadow Cabinet post from the incoming Conservative leader Michael Howard, Portillo announced that he would not seek re-election and he left the House of Commons at the 2005 general election.

Later, whilst still at school, Portillo cast Abbott in a film version of Macbeth, but the film was never completed.

After his time at Oxford, Perkins joined the Ocean Transport and Trading Company "( in the same intake as his confrère Portillo ), Perkins was put to work studying waste timber in Liverpool.

Starting 14 October 2010, Clarke has occasionally joined Michael Portillo on the sofa at This Week as the guest political pundit following the departure of Diane Abbott to take up her post as Shadow Minister for Public Health.

Born in Mexico City, López Portillo studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ( UNAM ) before beginning his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) in 1959.

José López Portillo and President of the United States | U. S. President Jimmy Carter at the National Palace | National Palace ( Mexico ) presidential office ( 1979 ).

* KANDELL, J. José López Portillo, Ex-President of Mexico, Dies at 83 ( subscription needed ), New York Times February 19, 2004 – article by same author reproduced here

He has left the payment in a locker at the L. A. airport, but the Colombian sent to receive the money, Yayo Portillo ( Catlett keeps calling him Yahoo ), doesn't feel safe unlocking the locker with so many DEA agents staked out nearby.

* Veronica Portillo, television personality on MTV Road Rules, Semester at Sea, Real World / Road Rules Challenge

First, they were able to actually reach the narrow valley that Parrado had seen on the top of the mountain, where they found the bed of Rio San Jose, leading to Rio Portillo which meets Rio Azufre at Maitenes.

Henry IV of Castile responded in the 15th century by creating a sequence of royal castles with prominent keeps at the Castle of La Mota, Portillo and Alcázar of Segovia: built to particular proportions, these keeps became known as a key element of the Valladolid school of Spanish castle design.

During one year ( shortly after his arrival at the Real Madrid senior setup ), Portillo played ten times for Spain U-21's, scoring five goals.