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Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Baron McLoughlin, CH, Kt, PC (born 30 November 1957)[1] is an English politician and the current Chief Whip, which is the same job he had in opposition. He was first elected in 1986 in a by-election as the Member of Parliament for the West Derbyshire constituency in the United Kingdom, and since 2010 for its successor, the Derbyshire Dales constituency.
The Lord McLoughlin | |
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
In office 14 July 2016 – 8 January 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Oliver Letwin |
Succeeded by | David Lidington |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
In office 14 July 2016 – 8 January 2018 | |
Leader | Theresa May |
Preceded by | The Lord Feldman of Elstree |
Succeeded by | Brandon Lewis |
Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2016 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Justine Greening |
Succeeded by | Chris Grayling |
Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Nick Brown |
Succeeded by | Andrew Mitchell |
Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
In office 7 December 2005 – 11 May 2010 | |
Leader | David Cameron |
Preceded by | David Maclean |
Succeeded by | Nick Brown |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 23 July 1996 – 2 May 1997 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Liam Fox |
Succeeded by | Jon Owen Jones |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry | |
In office 27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Edward Leigh |
Succeeded by | Charles Wardle |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment | |
In office 14 April 1992 – 27 May 1993 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Eric Forth |
Succeeded by | Ann Widdecombe |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 25 July 1989 – 14 April 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher John Major |
Preceded by | Peter Bottomley |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Carlisle |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 29 September 2020 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Derbyshire Dales West Derbyshire (1986–2010) | |
In office 8 May 1986 – 6 November 2019 | |
Preceded by | Matthew Parris |
Succeeded by | Sarah Dines |
Personal details | |
Born | Patrick Allen McLoughlin 30 November 1957 Stafford, Staffordshire, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) |
Lynne Newman (m. 1984) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | South Staffordshire College |
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He is a member of the Conservative Party. On 14 July 2016, he became Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, under the new Prime Minister Theresa May. He resigned as Chairman on 8 January 2018 and was succeeded by Brandon Lewis.[2]
McLoughlin was born in Stafford on 30 November 1957, the son and grandson of coal miners. He was educated at the Cardinal Griffin Roman Catholic School in Cannock, Staffordshire, and Staffordshire College of Agriculture at Rodbaston College.[3] From 1974, he worked for five years as a farm worker and, after 1979, worked underground at the Littleton Colliery in Cannock. He was a member of the National Union of Mineworkers,[4] and became an industrial representative for the National Coal Board's Western Area Marketing Department.
He was knighted in the Resignation Honours of David Cameron in 2016. In Theresa May's Resignation Honours in September 2019, he was made a Companion of Honour.
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