David Trevor Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland, (16 March 1942 – 30 October 2020) was a British
Liberal Democrat
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politician who served as
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
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and Deputy
Chief Whip in the
House of Lords
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between May 2010 and May 2012.
Early life
Shutt was born at
Farsley
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, Leeds and attended
Pudsey Grammar School in
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.
Career
After school Shutt trained as an
accountant. In 1975 he became a director of the
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
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, of which he later became Chairman. He also became a Trustee of the
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
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. In 1973 he was elected to
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, no
Calderdale Council as a
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councillor, and later represented the Liberal Democrats on this council, serving as
Mayor of Calderdale in 1982–83.
He stood unsuccessfully for
Parliament
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at seven general elections between 1970 and 1992. He contested
Sowerby in
1970
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,
February 1974
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October 1974, and
1979
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. After the abolition of the Sowerby seat, he contested the new
Calder Valley constituency in
1983
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and
1987
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. At the
1992 general election he was the Liberal Democrat candidate in
Pudsey
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He was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the
1993 New Year Honours, and on 12 May 2000 was created a
life peer as Baron Shutt of Greetland, of
Greetland
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and
Stainland in the County of
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. He was Liberal Democrat International Development spokesperson in the
House of Lords
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until 2002. Following the
2005 general election, he was appointed the
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords. After the formation of the
coalition government headed by
David Cameron in May 2010, Shutt was appointed
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
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and Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords, positions he held until May 2012, when he stepped down as the Liberal Democrats' Lords Chief Whip.
Personal life
In 1965, he married Margaret Pemberton, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.
Lord Shutt died on 30 October 2020, at the age of 78.
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1942 births
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Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors
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