David Ruffley

David Ruffley
Member of Parliament
for Bury St Edmunds
In office
1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byRichard Spring
Succeeded byJo Churchill
Personal details
Born (1962-04-18) 18 April 1962 (age 62)
Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
OccupationSolicitor (1985–91)
Special adviser (1991–96)
CommitteesTreasury Select Committee
Websitedavidruffleymp.com

David Laurie Ruffley (born 18 April 1962, Bolton) is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, which encompasses Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, having first taken his seat at the 1997 general election.

A solicitor by profession, Ruffley served as special adviser to Ken Clarke (1991–96). He sat on the Treasury Select Committee from 1999 to 2004, on which he was an arch-critic of Gordon Brown,[1] before becoming a whip in 2004. Ruffley served as Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform from 2005 to 2007 and Shadow Minister for Police Reform from 2007 to 2010. In 2010, he was unanimously re-elected to the Treasury Select Committee.

  1. ^ Brady, Brian (2 October 2005). "Iron Chancellor must steel himself for luck to run out". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 July 2011.