Patrick McLoughlin
Patrick McLoughlin was appointed UK transport secretary in September 2012.[1] He has been the Conservative Party MP for Derbyshire Dales since 2010. [2]
In the 2015 general election, McLoughlin retained his seat with a majority of 14,044. He will also remain in the Cabinet as transport secretary. [3]
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Background
Prior to becoming an MP, McLoughlin sat on Staffordshire County Council from 1981 to 1987 and Cannock Chase District Council between 1980 and 1987.
He has held various positions in government, including parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department of Trade and Industry and government whip. In opposition, he served as chief whip from 2005 to 2010. He was Governments chief whip in the House of Commons in the coalition cabinet appointed in 2010.
McLoughlin was appointed to the Privy Council in 2005. [2] [4]
Dinner with lobbyists
Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the Guardian. It revealed McLoughlin sat with 'shipping to aviation magnante' Constantine Logothetis and Laurent Cadji, owner of Union Maritime.[5]
Failure to declare family links to lobbying
Under new rules brought in in 2015, MPs must disclose all family members engaged in lobbying the public sector, however McLoughlin failed to mention his James McLoughlin is the deputy head of policy at the Institute of Directors and a former associate partner at Bell Pottinger.[6]
Donations
In September 2011, McLoughlin received £2,000.00 from Australian businessman Sir Michael Hintze.[7]
Education
McLoughlin studied at Staffordshire College of Agriculture.
Family
- James McLoughlin, son. Deputy head of policy at the Institute of Directors and a former associate partner at Bell Pottinger.
Special Advisers
- Julian Glover - from March 2013
- Simon Burton - from May 2014
- Tim Smith - from May 2015
Former
- Ben Mascall - September 2012 - May 2015
Notes
- ↑ Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?, guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP GOV.UK, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ General Election: Tory Patrick McLoughlin defends Derbyshire Dales seat Derby Telegraph, 8 May 2015, accessed 18 May 2015
- ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
- ↑ Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn The Guardian, 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014
- ↑ David Singleton MPs' family lobbying links revealed... but Amber Rudd fails to come clean Total Politics, 22 July 2015, accessed 23 July 2015.
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation search, accessed 2 March 2015
