David Taylor Nuttall was born on 25 March 1962 and is a former British Conservative Party politician.
17 Facts About David Nuttall
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David Nuttall is a former Member of Parliament for Bury North, having won his seat in the House of Commons at the 2010 general election.
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David Nuttall lost his seat to Labour's James Frith at the 2017 general election.
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David Taylor Nuttall was born in Sheffield and educated at Aston Comprehensive School in Rotherham.
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David Nuttall left school at 18 and became a trainee legal executive in a firm of solicitors in Sheffield.
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David Nuttall was admitted as a solicitor in December 1990 and became a partner in his firm, rising to senior partner in 1998.
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David Nuttall joined the Conservative Party in 1980 and, after contesting a number of local government elections, spent four years as a councillor on Rotherham Borough Council for the Broom ward and, later, two years representing the Wales Ward.
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David Nuttall contested the Bury North seat again in the 2010 election and was successful in overturning the majority of Labour incumbent David Chaytor, winning by a margin of 2,243.
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David Nuttall held the seat in the 2015 General Election with a reduced majority of 378 over local councillor James Frith of Labour.
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David Nuttall was investigated by Greater Manchester Police over whether he breached election spending rules.
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David Nuttall made his maiden speech on 10 June 2010 during a debate on "Tackling Poverty in the UK".
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David Nuttall's response was in opposition to the SNP who had been pushing against benefit sanctions, a controversial punishment for those deemed not to be searching for work hard enough in line with government recommendations.
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David Nuttall is rated as one of the Conservatives' most rebellious MPs.
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On 5 February 2013 David Nuttall voted against in the House of Commons Second Reading vote on same-sex marriage in Britain.
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In October 2015 David Nuttall joined with Conservative MPs Philip Davies and Christopher Chope to "talk out" a private members' bill intended to limit hospital parking charges for carers.
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David Nuttall was unsuccessful as one of the Conservative Party MEP candidates for the constituency of Yorkshire and the Humber in the 1999 European Parliament elections.
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David Nuttall was the sponsor of Robert Broadhurst, Senior Researcher for and employee of the Eurosceptic European Research Group.