Lord Jonathan Marland is a Life Baron, British businessman and former Treasurer of the Conservative Party. He was also part of the team that helped get Boris Johnson elected Mayor of London. He was awarded a life peerage in 2006.

He was Opposition Whip in the Lords as well as Opposition Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office until the election.

Outside of politics, Lord Marland was one of the founding directors of multinational insurance business Jardine Lloyd Thomson and also founded AppleClaim, an insurance company, at Lloyd’s of London.

He founded and chairs The Sports Nexus, an independent body set up to examine the structures, governance and accountability of an array of sports. He is the president of Salisbury City F.C. and a member of the MCC.

Born in 1956 and educated at Shrewsbury School, Lord Marland is married with four children.