David Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland
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The Right Honourable The Lord Shutt of Greetland OBE PC |
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Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard |
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In office 14 May 2010 – 1 May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Davies of Oldham |
| Succeeded by | Lord Newby |
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| Born | 16 March 1942 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
David Trevor Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland, OBE, PC (born 16 March 1942) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords between May 2010 and May 2012.
Shutt was educated at Pudsey Grammar School in Yorkshire.
After school Shutt trained as an accountant. In 1975 he became a director of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, of which he later became Chairman. He also became a Trustee of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. In 1973 he was elected to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, now Calderdale Council, as a Liberal councillor, and later represented the Liberal Democrats on this council, serving as Mayor of Calderdale in 1982–3.
He stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at seven general elections between 1970 and 1992. He contested Sowerby in 1970, February 1974, October 1974, and 1979. After the abolition of the Sowerby seat, he contested the new Calder Valley constituency in 1983 and 1987. At the 1992 general election he was the Liberal Democrat candidate in Pudsey.
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