Relative unknown Mark Spencer becomes chief whip

Mark Spencer, a former dairy farmer, was elected as the MP for Sherwood in 2010. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty ImagesIt is perhaps the toughest job in Boris Johnson’s new government, but the new prime minister has handed the role of chief whip not to one of his campaign enforcers such as Gavin Williamson or James Wharton, but to a relative unknown, Mark Spencer.Spencer’s profile is so low outside SW1 that a Google search produces mostly links to the well-known high street chain. However, t