Rachel Maclean | |
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| Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party for Women | |
| In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Minister of State for Housing and Planning | |
| In office 7 February 2023 – 13 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Lucy Frazer |
| Succeeded by | Lee Rowley |
| Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 24 November 2022 – 7 February 2023 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Minister of State for Victims and Vulnerability | |
| In office 7 September 2022 – 28 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Edward Argar |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding | |
| In office 16 September 2021 – 6 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Victoria Atkins |
| Succeeded by | Amanda Solloway |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Paul Maynard |
| Succeeded by | Trudy Harrison |
| Member of Parliament for Redditch | |
| In office 8 June 2017 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Karen Lumley |
| Succeeded by | Chris Bloore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rachel Helen Cooke 3 October 1965 Madras, Madras State, India |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
David Maclean (m. 1992) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence(s) | Redditch, Worcestershire, England |
| Alma mater | St Hugh's College, Oxford, Aston University |
| Website | www.rachelmaclean.uk |
Rachel Helen Maclean[1] (née Cooke; born 3 October 1965) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament for Redditch in Worcestershire from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she currently serves as its Deputy Chairman for Women. She has previously served as Minister of State for Housing and Planning and has held ministerial roles in the Department for Transport and Home Office.
Maclean served as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, from September 2019 until February 2020. Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed her Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport in February 2020. She then became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding from September 2021, before resigning from the position during the July 2022 government crisis. She then served under Liz Truss as Minister of State for Victims and Vulnerability from September to October 2022.[2][3] She became a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party in November 2022,[4] and in February 2023 she was appointed Housing Minister by Rishi Sunak before leaving government in the November 2023 reshuffle.
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- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". gov.uk. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Minister of State". gov.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Brown, Carl (8 February 2023). "Rachel Maclean appointed DLUHC minister". Building. Retrieved 27 April 2023.