Rachel Maclean, Board Member

A Midland's girl, Rachel went to the local comprehensive school and is a working mum with four grown up children and two rescue dogs. Before entering politics, Rachel spent three decades in business. After she married her husband David, they set up a Birmingham based publishing company, specialising in IT and software content. Rachel was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Redditch in 2017 and was re-elected in 2019.

Rachel was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 7 February 2023. She was previously Minister of State at Ministry of Justice between 7 September and 28 October 2022. She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office between 17 September 2021 and 6 July 2022, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport between 14 February 2020 and 16 September 2021.