Better known as Toby Chance, he served as an MP in the 5th Parliament from 2014 to 2019 as Shadow Minister and DA Spokesperson on Small Business Development.
Family
Chance is descended from the Chance baronets. His great great grandfather James Timmins Chance was created a baronet by Queen Victoria in 1900 for "services to seafarers", a reference to his and the firm of Chance Brothers' dominance of lighthouse design and engineering since 1851 . Toby Chance's elder brother Sebastian Chance is the 5th baronet.
His branch of the Chance family can be traced to the 1300s in the English county of Worcestershire.
