David Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland

David Trevor Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland, Stainland and Greetland of in the County of West Yorkshire OBE PC ( born March 16, 1942) is a British politician of the Liberal Party and now the Liberal Democrats, the seven times unsuccessfully for elected to the House of Commons candidate and is a life peer member of the House of Lords since 2000.

Life

Unsuccessful House Nominations and local politicians

Shutt, who is a professional accountant, began in the early 1970s, his political career in the Liberal Party and was a candidate in the constituency of Sowerby in the general election on June 18, 1970, February 28, 1974, October 10, 1974 and May 3, 1979 in each case without success for a seat in the House of Commons.

In the meantime, however, he was first elected in 1973 as a member of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale and this was initially until 1990. During this time was Shutt, who was 1975-2010 Director of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust from 1979 to 1982, Chairman of the Group of the Liberal Party in the Borough Council and then 1982-1983 Mayor of Calderdale.

While he had a candidate again in the elections of 9 June 1983 and on 11 June 1987 at Calder Valley constituency each unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons, he served from 1985 to 2010 as a trustee of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. After last candidate for the merger of the Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party ( SDP) in 1988 emerged Liberal Democrats in the general election on 9 April 1992 in the constituency of Pudsey again without success for a parliamentary seat in the House of Commons, 1995, he was again elected member of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale and this was now on to 2003. During this time, he was from 1995 to 2000 and Chairman of the Group of the Liberal Democrats. For his services he was awarded in 1993 with the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire.

House of Lords member

By Letters Patent of 12 May 2000 Shutt was the Privy Councillor was also, as a life peer with the title Baron raised Shutt of Greetland, Stainland and Greetland of in the County of West Yorkshire in the peerage. Shortly afterwards, on 16 May 2000 was his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the upper house he belongs to the Group of the Liberal Democrats.

During his recent House of Lords membership was Lord Shutt between 2001 and 2010 Parliamentary Secretary ( Whip ) of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, where he between 2002 and 2005 Deputy Managing Director ( Deputy Chief Whip ) and then to 2010 Parliamentary General Manager ( Chief Whip ) of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords was. During this time he was also from 2001 to 2005 spokesman of his group for Northern Ireland and at the same time 2001-2004 for International Development.

After the general election on 6 May 2010 and the subsequent formation of a coalition government with the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats acted Lord Shutt between 2010 and 2012 turn as Deputy Chief Whip of the Government with the honorary title of Captain of the Queen 's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. At the same time he was in 2010 briefly spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport and then from 2010 to 2012 spokesperson for the liberal- democratic Government Group for Northern Ireland, Transport and Wales. 2012 followed him Richard Newby, Baron Newby as Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of the Queen 's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard