Patrick McLoughlin

Patrick Allen McLoughlin PC ( born November 30, 1957 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England ) is a British politician of the Conservative Party and, since September 2012 Traffic cabinet minister Cameron.

Biography

Career and election to the House of Deputies

After the visit of Cardinal Griffin Roman Catholic School and the Staffordshire College of Agriculture he was five years from 1974 to 1979 engaged in farming until he his father and grandfather as a miner in the Littleton Colliery in Cannock was like. There he became a member of the Union of Mineworkers National Union of Mineworkers (NUM ) and then representatives of the industry in the marketing department for the Western District of the National Coal Board ( National Coal Board ).

With the entry into the Conservative Party in 1977 began his political career. First, he was a member of numerous national committees and 1982-1984 Vice - Chairman of the National Young Conservatives, the youth organization of the Conservative Party. He also became involved in local politics and was not only 1980-1987 Member of the District Council of Cannock Chase, but 1981-1987 is also a member of the Council of the County of Staffordshire.

In 1986 he was elected at a by-election ( By-election ) for the first time for the Members of the lower house (House of Commons ) and just scoring a majority of 100 votes. Since then, he represented in the House until 2010, the interests of the constituency of West Derbyshire. He was last re-elected at the general election on 6 May 2010 with 52.01 percent of the vote and now represents the electoral district of Derbyshire Dales.

Junior Minister and Chief Whip of the Conservative Party

As early as 1989 he took over the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, his first post as a " junior minister" and was until 1992 the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport. In the subsequent government of Prime Minister John Major, he was first Parliamentary Under- Secretary, Ministry of Employment and thereafter from 1993 to 1994 in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

After working as an assistant to the manager of the Government Parliamentary Group ( Assistant Government Whip ) from 1995 to 1996, he was first Chief Commissioner ( Head Commissioner) to the Treasury and then from June 1997 to 1998 so-called pairing Whip. As such, he was responsible for negotiating the absence of other parliamentarians, when members of his own party are missing.

Between 1998 and 2005 he was first deputy chief executive of the Parliamentary opposition in the House ( Deputy Chief Whip ) before it between December 2005 and May 2010 Opposition Chief Whip was. In June 2005 he was appointed Queen's Counsel ( Privy Counsel ). In May 2009, he was accused of having received government funds for his second home in Derbyshire. Furthermore, it was shown in news reports that his wife in his constituency office has been working as an assistant and receive an annual fee of 40,000 pounds sterling.

After the electoral victory of the Conservative Party in the general election in 2010 he joined on 11 May 2010 as Chief Executive of the Government Parliamentary Group in the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in the Cabinet Cameron one. In 2012 he obtained the post of the Minister of Transport.