Autographs of Michael Portillo
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo (/pɔːrˈtɪloʊ/; born 26 May 1953) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative Party politician. His broadcast series include railway documentaries such as Great British Railway Journeys and Great Continental Railway Journeys. A former member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield Southgate from 1984 to 1997 and Kensington and Chelsea from 1999 to 2005. More about Michael Portillo
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Portillo obtained a first class degree in history from the University of Cambridge, having been a student at Peterhouse. He began his working life as a graduate trainee with the transport company Ocean Group plc, before joining the Conservative Research Department in 1976. First elected to the House of Commons in a 1984 by-election, Portillo served as a junior minister under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, before entering the Cabinet in 1992 as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He was promoted to Secretary of State for Employment in 1994. A Thatcherite and a Eurosceptic, he was seen as a likely challenger to Major during the 1995 Conservative leadership election, but did not run, and was subsequently promoted to Secretary of State for Defence. As Defence Secretary, he pressed for a course of "clear blue water": purist policies separating the Conservatives from the Labour Party.
Portillo unexpectedly lost the hitherto safe Conservative Enfield Southgate seat at the 1997 general election. This led to the coining of the expression "Portillo moment". Returning to the Commons in the 1999 by-election in Kensington and Chelsea, Portillo rejoined the frontbench as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Standing for the leadership of the party in 2001, he finally came in third place behind Iain Duncan Smith and Kenneth Clarke. He retired from the House of Commons and from active politics at the 2005 general election. Read even more about Michael Portillo at Wikipedia
Portillo unexpectedly lost the hitherto safe Conservative Enfield Southgate seat at the 1997 general election. This led to the coining of the expression "Portillo moment". Returning to the Commons in the 1999 by-election in Kensington and Chelsea, Portillo rejoined the frontbench as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Standing for the leadership of the party in 2001, he finally came in third place behind Iain Duncan Smith and Kenneth Clarke. He retired from the House of Commons and from active politics at the 2005 general election. Read even more about Michael Portillo at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Michael Portillo
The most expensive item with a signature of Michael Portillo (Michael Portillo Signed Autograph 16x12 framed photo display TV Railways & COA) was sold in June 2023 for £99.99 while the cheapest item (Signed First Day Covers Michael Portillo LTD /250 And Tom King MP LTD /250) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2014 with an average selling price of £7.49 for an autographed item of Michael Portillo. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2023 with £99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.25 was October 2023. In average, an autographed item from Michael Portillo is worth £9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Michael Portillo were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2010 GREAT BRITISH RAILWAYS. BENHAM COVER SIGNED BY MICHAEL PORTILLO. SUPPER. | £22.95 | |
| Michael Portillo - Autograph | £6.99 | |
| MICHAEL PORTILLO great signed Cover fdc Bluebell Railway Uckfield Sussex 1970 | £2.99 | |
| MICHAEL PORTILLO Journalist & Presenter - Great Railway Journeys etc Signed card | £3.99 | |
| Michael Portillo Signed 10x8 Framed Autograph Photo Display Railways TV COA | £49.99 | |
| Michael Portillo SIGNED 12x8 Photo Autograph TV Conservative MP Railways COA | £24.99 | |
| Michael Portillo SIGNED 12x8 Photo Autograph TV Conservative MP Railways COA | £24.99 | |
| Michael Portillo Signed A4 FRAMED Autograph Photo Display Railway Journeys COA | £49.99 | |
| Michael Portillo Signed Autograph 16x12 framed photo display TV Railways & COA | £99.99 | |
| Michael Portillo Signed Autograph A4 photo display British Railways TV AFTAL COA | £29.99 | |
| Michael Portillo Signed Autograph A4 photo display Great Railway Journeys COA | £29.99 | |
| MICHAEL PORTILLO signed photo | £2.25 | |
| Parliamentary Conference first day cover 1986 SIGNED MICHAEL PORTILLO | £5.99 | |
| STEAM BICENTENARY COLLECTION First Day Cover 2004 SIGNED MICHAEL PORTILLO | £17.99 | |
| TRAINS Michael Portillo signed Central Railway FDC Cover | £4.99 | |