David Rutley
{{Short description|British politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = David Rutley
| image = David Rutley, Foreign Minister of United Kingdom (and the Portrait of Thomas Jefferson) at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on February 22, 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = David Rutley in 2024
| office = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories{{efn|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean until November 2023}}
| primeminister = Rishi Sunak
| term_start = 27 October 2022
| term_end = 5 July 2024
| predecessor = Jesse Norman
| successor = Stephen Doughty (North America and Overseas Territories)
The Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Latin America and Caribbean)
| office1 = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery
| primeminister1 = Boris Johnson
| term_start1 = 17 September 2021
| term_end1 = 20 September 2022
| predecessor1 = Will Quince
| successor1 = Office abolished
| office2 = Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
| primeminister2 = Theresa May
Boris Johnson
| predecessor2 = Steve Barclay
| successor2 = Lee Rowley
| term_start2 = 15 June 2017
| term_end2 = 17 September 2021
| office3 = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Food and Animal Welfare
| parliament3 =
| majority3 =
| term_start3 = 3 September 2018
| term_end3 = 27 July 2019
| predecessor3 = Position established
| successor3 = Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
| birthname = David Henry Rutley
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|03|7}}
| birth_place = Gravesend, Kent, England
| party = Conservative
| otherparty =
| spouse =
| relations =
| children = 4
| alma_mater = London School of Economics
Harvard University
| occupation = Businessman
| profession =
| signature =
| website = {{url|DavidRutley.org.uk/}}
| office4 = Member of Parliament
for Macclesfield
| term_start4 = 6 May 2010
| term_end4 = 30 May 2024
| primeminister3 = Theresa May
| predecessor4 = Sir Nicholas Winterton
| successor4 = Tim Roca
}}
David Henry Rutley (born 7 March 1961) is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Macclesfield from 2010 until 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean from October 2022 until July 2024.{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-25-october-2022 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Americas and Caribbean) - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-americas-and-caribbean |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}}
Early life and career
David Rutley was born in Gravesham, Kent, in March 1961.{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8740}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251618|date=1 December 2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U251618|title=Who's Who – Rutley, David Henry, (born 7 March 1961), MP (C) Macclesfield, since 2010}}{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/83409.stm |title=David Rutley MP
|publisher=BBC |work=BBC Democracy Live |access-date=25 July 2010}} He was educated at the comprehensive Priory School, Lewes, before going on to study at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Harvard Business School.
He spent most of his career in business and worked as a senior executive in major companies including Asda (where he ran home shopping and e-commerce), PepsiCo International, Halifax, and Barclays.
A one time advisor to cabinet minister William Waldegrave in the early 1990s, Rutley worked as a special adviser from 1994 to 1996 in John Major's Conservative government at the Treasury, Cabinet Office and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. During this time, Rutley helped shape the Budget and initiate the first ever White Paper for rural England.{{cite web|url=http://www.davidrutley.org.uk/about-David|title=About David|website=David Rutley}}
Political career
Rutley stood as the Conservative candidate for St Albans at the 1997 general election, coming second with 33.2% of the vote behind the Labour candidate Kerry Pollard.{{cite web |title=Election Data 1997 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |access-date=18 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}{{cite web |title=General Election result, May 1997 |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/377.htm |access-date=4 February 2011 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources}}
At the 2010 general election, Rutley was elected to Parliament as MP for Macclesfield with 47% of the vote and a majority of 11,959.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2010 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-date=26 July 2013 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}{{cite web |title=Macclesfield Constituency |url=http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/electoral_services/parliamentary_general_election/macclesfield_constituency.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512082047/http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/electoral_services/parliamentary_general_election/macclesfield_constituency.aspx |archive-date=12 May 2010 |access-date=8 July 2021}}
In July 2010, Rutley was elected to the Treasury Select Committee and served on the committee until his appointment in November 2010 as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Damian Green, Minister of State for Immigration.{{Cite web |title=Parliamentary career for David Rutley - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4033/career |access-date=19 September 2020 |website=members.parliament.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web|date=17 November 2020|title=Government publishes list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPS) - GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-publishes-list-of-parliamentary-private-secretaries-pps}} When Green left office in the 2014 reshuffle, Rutley became PPS to David Lidington at the Foreign Office.{{cite web|url=http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2014/07/reshuffle-continued-the-full-list-of-every-pps.html|title=Reshuffle (continued): The full list of every PPS - Conservative Home|date=22 July 2014 }}
At the 2015 general election, Rutley was re-elected as MP for Macclesfield with an increased vote share of 52.5% and an increased majority of 14,811.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}{{cite news |title=Macclesfield |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000802 |access-date=11 May 2015 |work=BBC News}}
Rutley was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 EU membership referendum.{{cite news|last1=Goodenough|first1=Tom|title=Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|access-date=11 October 2016|work=The Spectator|date=16 February 2016|archive-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022111657/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|url-status=dead}}
Rutley was again re-elected at the snap 2017 general election, with an increased vote share of 52.7% and a decreased majority of 8,608.{{cite news |title=Macclesfield parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000802 |newspaper=BBC News}}
In June 2017, Rutley was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, making him a government whip. From September 2018 to June 2019, Rutley was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in addition to his role as a whip.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/david-rutley|title=David Rutley MP - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk}} This followed an interim appointment as Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the same department from 22 May 2018, during Thérèse Coffey's recovery from illness.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/parliamentary-under-secretaries-of-state-appointments|title=Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State Appointments|website=GOV.UK}}
At the 2019 general election, Rutley was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 52.7% and an increased majority of 10,711.{{cite news |title=Macclesfield Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000802 |access-date=25 November 2019 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
He has served as the Co-Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mountaineering, the Chairman of the British-Danish APPG, secretary of both the APPG national parks and the APPG for Mountain Rescue, and an officer for the APPG on management. He has also been a member of other APPGs, including those on: China, Pharmaceuticals and Financial Education for Young People.{{Cite web |title=About David |url=https://www.davidrutley.org.uk/about-david |access-date=19 September 2020 |website=David Rutley MP}}
On 17 September 2021, Rutley was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions during the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2021|title=Ministerial appointments: September 2021|date=16 September 2021}} In October 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean.
Rutley went on to lose his seat in 2024, losing to Tim Roca of the Labour Party with an 18.6% swing seeing him fall to second place with 15,552 votes to Roca's 24,672.{{Cite news |last=Watterson |first=Kaleigh |date=5 July 2024 |title=Historic wins for Labour in Cheshire |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2q0k73zpl0o |publisher=BBC News}}
Personal life
Rutley is married to his wife, Rachel, a physiotherapist, with whom he has four children.{{cite news|date=28 April 2010|title=David Rutley (Con)|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/david-rutley-con-886817|access-date=19 September 2020|newspaper=Manchester Evening News}} He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7127775.ece | archive-url=https://archive.today/20100603160132/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7127775.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 June 2010 | location=London | newspaper=The Times | first=Richard | last=Woods | title=Rise of the executive MP | date=16 May 2010}} and served as an LDS Church missionary in the North of England from 1979 to 1981.{{cite web|url=http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/today_bloggernacle/?id=14863|title=Faith|website=DeseretNews.com|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-date=17 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517072731/http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/today_bloggernacle/?id=14863|url-status=dead}}
Outside politics, he is a keen mountaineer and has climbed in mountain ranges throughout the world. He also enjoys fishing, and bird watching.{{Cite web|last=Blanchard|first=Jack|date=1 August 2019|title=POLITICO London Playbook: Phil yer boots — Boris' big by-election — Meet the new whips|url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/politico-london-playbook-phil-yer-boots-boris-big-by-election-meet-the-new-whips/|access-date=19 September 2020|website=POLITICO}} Although not a player, he is the honorary vice-president of the Ash Tree Cricket Club in Prestbury, which is in his former constituency.{{Cite news|last=Greer|first=Stuart|date=9 June 2017|title=Cricketers finds cure to 35 year travel sickness|url=http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/cricketers-finds-cure-35-year-13149421|access-date=19 September 2020|newspaper=Macclesfield Express}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.davidrutley.org.uk David Rutley MP official website]
{{UK MP links | parliament = David-Rutley/4033 | publicwhip = David_Rutley | theywork = David_Rutley}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100430144348/http://www.conservatives.com/People/Prospective_Parliamentary_Candidates/Rutley_David.aspx Conservative Party biography]
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