Patrick McLoughlin

The Right Honourable The Lord McLoughlin CH PC
Official portrait, 2022
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 in the House of Commons
In office 7 December 2005 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	David Maclean
Succeeded by	Nick Brown
Junior ministerial offices 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 Roads and Motoring In office 25 July 1989 – 14 April 1992 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher John Major Preceded by Peter Bottomley Succeeded by Kenneth Carlisle
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Incumbent 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
Chair of Transport for the North
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Personal details
Born	Patrick Allen McLoughlin (1957-11-30) 30 November 1957 (age 67) Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Lynne Newman ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	2
Alma mater	South Staffordshire College
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Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Baron McLoughlin, CH, PC (born 30 November 1957^[1]) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he first became the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Derbyshire following the 1986 by-election. The constituency became the Derbyshire Dales for the 2010 general election; McLoughlin remained the seat's MP until 2019.

As a former miner, he is one of the few Conservative parliamentarians to have been a manual worker before being elected to Parliament.^[2] On 4 September 2012, he was appointed Secretary of State for Transport.^[3] 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.^[4] He resigned as chairman on 8 January 2018 and was succeeded by Brandon Lewis.^[5] In January 2022, he was announced as the new chair of Transport for the North.^[6]