George Young, Baron Young of Cookham

The Right Honourable The Lord Young of Cookham CH PC
Official portrait, 2020
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 25 July 2016 – 29 August 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	The Earl of Courtown
Succeeded by	The Baroness Sater
Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office 19 October 2012 – 14 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Andrew Mitchell
Succeeded by	Michael Gove
Leader of the House of Commons Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Harriet Harman
Succeeded by	Andrew Lansley
Chairman of the Standards and Privileges Committee
In office 18 July 2001 – 8 September 2009
Preceded by	Robert Sheldon
Succeeded by	David Curry
Ministerial offices 1979-97 Secretary of State for Transport In office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Brian Mawhinney Succeeded by John Prescott Financial Secretary to the Treasury In office 11 July 1994 – 5 July 1995 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Stephen Dorrell Succeeded by Michael Jack Minister of State for Housing In office 28 November 1990 – 11 July 1994 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Michael Spicer Succeeded by The Viscount Ullswater Comptroller of the Household In office 14 July 1990 – 28 November 1990 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Alastair Goodlad Succeeded by David Lightbown Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment In office 15 September 1981 – 10 September 1986 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Geoffrey Finsberg Succeeded by Christopher Chope Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security In office 7 May 1979 – 15 September 1981 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Eric Deakins Succeeded by Geoffrey Finsberg
Shadow Cabinet Offices 1997-2000, 2009-2010 Shadow Leader of the House of Commons In office 8 September 2009 – 11 May 2010 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Alan Duncan Succeeded by Rosie Winterton In office 1 June 1998 – 26 September 2000 Leader William Hague Preceded by Gillian Shephard Succeeded by Angela Browning Shadow Secretary of State for Defence In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 Leader William Hague Preceded by David Clark Succeeded by John Maples
Parliamentary Offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Incumbent Assumed office 12 October 2015 Life Peerage Member of Parliament for North West Hampshire In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 Preceded by Sir David Mitchell Succeeded by Kit Malthouse Member of Parliament for Ealing Acton Acton (1974–1983) In office 28 February 1974 – 8 April 1997 Preceded by Nigel Spearing Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1941-07-16) 16 July 1941 (age 82) Oxford, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Aurelia Nemon-Stuart ​ ​ (m. 1964)​
Children	4
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford University of Surrey

George Samuel Knatchbull Young, Baron Young of Cookham, CH, PC (born 16 July 1941), known as Sir George Young, 6th Baronet from 1960 to 2015, is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015, having represented Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997 and North West Hampshire from 1997. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions: as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997; as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012;^[1] and as Chief Whip of the House of Commons from 2012 to 2014.

He stood down from the Commons at the 2015 election and was created a life peer,^[2] as Baron Young of Cookham, of Cookham in the Royal County of Berkshire, on 29 September 2015.^[3] He sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords, where he served as a junior whip from July 2016 to August 2019.^[4] Young resigned from this position on 29 August in protest at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue parliament. He served as a minister under five conservative Prime ministers (Margaret Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson).