David Rutley

David Rutley has been Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since 2017. Born in Gravesend, Rutley grew up in Lewes and studied at the London School of Economics and Harvard Business School. After graduating, he worked in business, holding senior positions at Asda, PepsiCo and Barclays. Rutley served as special adviser to William Waldegrave in his roles as agriculture minister and chief secretary to the Treasury, before unsuccessfully contesting St Albans at the 1997 general election. In 2010, he was elected as the Conservative MP for Macclesfield, holding the seat for the party with a majority of 11,959. Rutley joined the Treasury Committee shortly after his election before becoming PPS to Damian Green, the then-immigration minister. He later served as PPS to David Lidington and to Amber Rudd in her time as home secretary. Following the 2017 general election, Rutley was appointed as a government whip and later served a brief stint as parliamentary under-secretary for food and animal welfare. In this role, Rutley pushed through a bill drastically increasing the maximum sentence for animal abuse from six months to five years. He was re-elected in 2019 with an increased majority of 10,711.