Rachel Maclean (politician)

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Rachel Maclean
Official portrait, 2019
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 (1965-10-03) 3 October 1965 (age 58) 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.