Craig Whittaker

Craig Whittaker
Official portrait, 2020
Government Deputy Chief Whip
Treasurer of the Household
In office
8 September 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byKelly Tolhurst
Succeeded byMarcus Jones
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
8 July 2022 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byLee Rowley
In office
9 January 2018 – 16 April 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byMark Spencer
Succeeded byAlister Jack
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
16 April 2019 – 28 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byAndrew Stephenson
Succeeded byStuart Andrew
Member of Parliament
for Calder Valley
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byChristine McCafferty
Succeeded byJosh Fenton-Glynn
Personal details
Born
Craig Whittaker

(1962-08-30) 30 August 1962 (age 62)
Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseElaine Wilkinson
Children3
Residence(s)Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England

Craig Whittaker (born 30 August 1962)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Calder Valley from 2010 to 2024. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household from September to October 2022. He previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from January 2018 to April 2019 and again from July to September 2022.[2][3]

Whittaker served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Karen Bradley, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.[4] He was appointed in the reshuffle of January 2018 as HM Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in the Government Whips Office, serving until April 2019 when he was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. Prior to his role at the Treasury, he served as an Assistant Whip. Whittaker was appointed to that role in June 2017 following the snap general election.

  1. ^ "Craig Whittaker". Conservatives.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Craig Whittaker MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ^ "The full PPS list. One third Leavers. One third women. And ninety per cent May supporters". 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2016.