By Ben Kerrigan-
UK prime minister, Theresa May, is expected to appoint a new Conservative Party chairman when she reshuffles her top team later.
Long time minister, Sir Patrick McLoughlin is set to be replaced having overseen the general election campaign that ended with the Tories losing their majority.
McLoughlin was first elected as a councillor on the Cannock Chase District Council and served for seven years from 1980, and was a councillor on Stafforshire County Council from 1981–87.[In 1982. McLoughlin also served as the Chairman of the National Young Conservatives
McLoughlin unsuccessfully contested Wolverhampton South East at the 1983 general election losing to the sitting Labour MP, Robert Edwards by 5,000 votes.
In Parliament, McLoughlin served as the Parliamentary private Secretary, initially to Angela Rumbold, the then minister of State for the Department for Education and Science, then to David Young(1988-89)- the then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry(1987-88). He also served under Margaret Thatcher in 1989 in the Department of Transport until 1992, before being moved by Prime Minister, John Major to serve in the Department of Employment in the same position . A year later, McLoughlin was moved to the Department of Trade, eventually becoming a Lord Commissioner in 1996.
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REPLACEMENT
No 10 has not yet stated who will replace McLoughlin, but a number of potential replacements are expected to be announced in due course..
Speculation that Education Secretary Justine Greening and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will be among those to be replaced has been denied and criticised as “all guesswork”.
Other ministers said to be in a vulnerable position include Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom and Business Secretary Greg Clark.
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The reshuffle is expected to continue into Tuesday, and is being seen as an opportunity for Theresa May to promote more women, given that female ministers only currently make up six of the 23 full members of her top team.May is also under pressure to preserve the balance between Brexit sceptics and enthusiasts.
The changes, which will be Mrs May’s third reshuffle since becoming PM in July 2016, were triggered by her sacking of Damian Green last month as first secretary of state.
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