Patrick McLoughlin
 Lord McLoughlin     (politician) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Patrick Allen McLoughlin 1957-11-30 Stafford, England, UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | South Staffordshire College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lynn Newman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Baron McLoughlin of Cannock Chase, is a British Conservative Party politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Derbyshire following a 1986 by-election. The constituency became the Derbyshire Dales for the 2010 General Election and McLoughlin remained the seat's MP until 2019.
On 4 September 2012, Patrick McLoughlin was appointed Secretary of State for Transport.[1] On 14 July 2016, he became Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, under the new administration of Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May. He resigned as Chairman on 8 January 2018 and was succeeded by Brandon Lewis.[2]
Patrick McLoughlin was nominated for a life peerage in the 2019 Dissolution Honours and was created Baron McLoughlin, of Cannock Chase in the County of Staffordshire on 8 September 2020.
