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Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury: David Gauke MP
David Gauke was appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 14 May 2010.
David has been the MP for Hertfordshire South West since 5 May 2005. David was a member of the Treasury Select Committee from February 2006 until he was appointed as a Shadow Minister for the Treasury in June 2007. As a Shadow Treasury Minister, he focused on tax policy, including matters such as tax simplification, corporation tax reform and HM Revenue and Customs.
David lives in Chorleywood with his wife, Rachel, and their three sons. He was born in 1971 and educated at Northgate High School, a state comprehensive in Ipswich. He read law at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. After a year working as a Parliamentary researcher, he attended Chester College of Law before becoming a trainee solicitor. He qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and worked for a leading City firm before entering Parliament in 2005.
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