David Gauke

The Right Honourable David Gauke
Official portrait, 2017
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor
In office 8 January 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	David Lidington
Succeeded by	Robert Buckland
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office 11 June 2017 – 8 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Damian Green
Succeeded by	Esther McVey
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 14 July 2016 – 11 June 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Greg Hands
Succeeded by	Liz Truss
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 15 July 2014 – 14 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Nicky Morgan
Succeeded by	Jane Ellison
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office 13 May 2010 – 15 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Succeeded by	Priti Patel
Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire
In office 5 May 2005 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Richard Page
Succeeded by	Gagan Mohindra
Personal details
Born	David Michael Gauke (1971-10-08) 8 October 1971 (age 52) Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Political party	Independent (2019–present)
Other political affiliations	Conservative (until 2019)
Spouse	Rachel Gauke
Children	3
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford University of Law

David Michael Gauke (/ɡɔːk/; born 8 October 1971) is a British political commentator, solicitor and former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019. He served in the Cabinet under Theresa May, most notably as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from 2018 to 2019. First elected as a Conservative, Gauke had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 and until the dissolution sat as an independent politician.

Gauke served in the Cameron Government as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2010 to 2014 and Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 2014 to 2016. During the formation of the May Government in July 2016, he was appointed to the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, where he remained until being appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2017. Gauke was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor in January 2018.^[1] He resigned on 24 July 2019 following the Conservative Party leadership election.