The Right Honourable David Gauke MP |
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Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
Assumed office 14 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Chancellor | Philip Hammond |
Preceded by | Greg Hands |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 14 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Chancellor | George Osborne |
Preceded by | Nicky Morgan |
Succeeded by | Jane Ellison |
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 13 May 2010 – 15 July 2014 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Chancellor | George Osborne |
Preceded by | Sarah McCarthy-Fry |
Succeeded by | Priti Patel |
Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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Preceded by | Richard Page |
Majority | 23,263 (40.6%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ipswich, England, UK |
8 October 1971
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Rachel Gauke |
Alma mater |
St Edmund Hall, Oxford University of Law |
Website | Official website |
David Michael Gauke PC MP (/ɡɔːk/; born 8 October 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician and solicitor. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire and current Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Gauke was educated at Northgate High School in Ipswich, Suffolk before attending St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in law in 1993, and the College of Law in Chester where he graduated in legal practice in 1995.
He was a researcher to the Conservative MP for Milton Keynes South West Barry Legg in 1993. He worked as a trainee solicitor with Richards Butler from 1995, being admitted as a solicitor in 1997. From 1999 to 2005, he was a solicitor in the financial services group at Macfarlanes, a corporate law firm.