The constituency became the Derbyshire Dales for the 2010 general election; McLoughlin remained the seat's MP until 2019.
19 Facts About Patrick McLoughlin
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Patrick McLoughlin was born in Stafford on 30 November 1957, the son and grandson of coal miners.
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Patrick McLoughlin was educated at the Cardinal Griffin Roman Catholic School in Cannock, Staffordshire, and Staffordshire College of Agriculture at Rodbaston College.
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Patrick McLoughlin was a member of the National Union of Mineworkers, and became an industrial representative for the National Coal Board's Western Area Marketing Department.
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Patrick McLoughlin was elected as a councillor on Cannock Chase District Council, serving for seven years from 1980, and was a councillor on Staffordshire County Council from 1981 to 1987.
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In 1982, Patrick McLoughlin served as the Chairman of the National Young Conservatives.
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Patrick McLoughlin did not support the strike, and later came to national attention when he stood up at the 1984 Conservative Party Conference to announce that he was a working miner.
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Patrick McLoughlin moved from underground belt attendant to Area Marketing representative in September 1985, five months after the end of the strike.
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Patrick McLoughlin unsuccessfully contested Wolverhampton South East at the 1983 general election, losing to the sitting Labour MP Robert Edwards by 5,000 votes.
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Matthew Parris, then Conservative MP for West Derbyshire, had resigned from the House of Commons to pursue a media career and Patrick McLoughlin was chosen to contest the 1986 by-election.
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Patrick McLoughlin held the seat, albeit very narrowly, with a 100 majority.
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Patrick McLoughlin was made a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1989, and served in the Department for Transport until 1992, when he was moved by Prime Minister John Major to serve in the same position at the Department of Employment.
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Patrick McLoughlin joined the government as Assistant Whip in 1995, becoming a Lord Commissioner in 1996.
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Patrick McLoughlin was then promoted to Chief Whip by David Cameron in 2005.
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Patrick McLoughlin was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, by his colleague in the Conservative Party, for political and public service.
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Patrick McLoughlin stepped down as Chairman of the Conservative Party on 8 January 2018, saying that he had had "a very good run" and was replaced by Brandon Lewis.
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Patrick McLoughlin resigned as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with David Lidington being his successor.
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Patrick McLoughlin was nominated for a life peerage in the 2019 Dissolution Honours.
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Patrick McLoughlin was created Baron McLoughlin, of Cannock Chase in the County of Staffordshire on 8 September 2020.