Iain Duncan Smith

Conservative MP for Chingford and Woodford Green

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Your MP (Iain Duncan Smith) represents you, and all of the people who live in Chingford and Woodford Green, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Conservative MP for Chingford and Woodford Green

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

Also represented Chingford

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Topics of interest

Iain Duncan Smith campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

  • Ministry of Justice
  • Treasury
  • Foreign
  • Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Justice
  • Health
  • Hull Prison: Crimes of Violence
  • Wormwood Scrubs Prison: Drugs
  • Secondments
  • Hull Prison: Self-harm
  • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Other offices held in the past

  • The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (12 May 2010 to 19 Mar 2016)
  • Leader of HM Official Opposition (12 Sep 2001 to 6 Nov 2003)
  • Leader of the Conservative Party (12 Sep 2001 to 6 Nov 2003)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (15 Jun 1999 to 12 Sep 2001)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (11 Jun 1997 to 15 Jun 1999)
  • Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (23 Oct 1996 to 21 Mar 1997)
  • Member, Members' Interests Committee (24 Mar 1995 to 8 Nov 1995)
  • Member, Standards in Public Life Committee (16 Nov 1994 to 8 Nov 1995)
  • Member, Health and Social Care Committee (24 Jan 1994 to 10 Jul 1995)
  • Member, Administration Committee (11 Jan 1994 to 21 Mar 1997)

Recent appearances

  • Cyber-security and UK Democracy 25 Mar 2024

    Tomorrow, it will be three years since parliamentarians here were sanctioned; your defence of us, Mr Speaker, has been remarkable. Although I welcome the two sanctions from the Government, it is a little bit like an elephant giving birth to a mouse. The reality is that in those three years the Chinese have trashed the Sino-British agreement and been committing murder, slave labour and...
  • Cyber-security and UK Democracy 25 Mar 2024

    Tomorrow, it will be three years since parliamentarians here were sanctioned; your defence of us, Mr Speaker, has been remarkable. Although I welcome the two sanctions from the Government, it is a little bit like an elephant giving birth to a mouse. The reality is that in those three years the Chinese have trashed the Sino-British agreement and been committing murder, slave labour and...
  • Defence: RFA Sir Galahad 25 Mar 2024

    I knew people who served in the Welsh Guards at the time—I was myself in the Scots Guards—and a number who did not come back. I congratulate the hon. Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden) on her question. My right hon. Friend says that he is moving at pace, but the key point is that it is now decades since this happened. There is now no question but that some kind of cover-up took...

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Last updated: 18 Mar 2024.

1. Employment and earnings
Payments from News UK and Ireland, 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF:
23 March 2023, received £800 for an article published in the Sun on 15 February 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 27 March 2023)
25 April 2023, received £750 for an article published in the Sun on Sunday on 1 January 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 02 May 2023)
24 May 2023, received £800 for an article published in the Sun on 15 May 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 24 May 2023)
25 July 2023, received £750 for an article published in the Sun on Sunday on 18 June 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 10 August 2023)
27 December 2023, received £750 for an unpublished article written for the Sun on Sunday. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 03 January 2024)
23 February 2024, received £750 for an article published in the Sun on Sunday on 17 December 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 26 February 2024)
Payments from Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANMFS Ltd), Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT:
4 May 2023, received £200 for an article published in the I newspaper on 4 January 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 24 May 2023)
18 January 2024, received £600 for an article published in the Mail on Sunday on 24 December 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 22 January 2024)
Payments for articles in the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 0DT:
7 March 2023, received £250 for an article published on 19 February 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 27 March 2023)
4 April 2023, received £250 for an article published on 18 March 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 02 May 2023)
18 April 2023, received £250 for an article published on 27 March 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 02 May 2023)
30 May 2023, received £250 for an article published on 7 May 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 22 June 2023)
13 June 2023, received £250 for an article published on 25 May 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 22 June 2023)
25 July 2023, received £500 for two articles published on 3 and 16 June 2023. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 10 August 2023)
9 August 2023, received £250 for an article published on 22 July 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 10 August 2023)
31 October 2023, received £250 for an article published on 16 October 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 13 November 2023)
14 November 2023, received £250 for an article published on 27 October 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 11 December 2023)
12 December 2023, received £250 for an article published on 28 October 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 18 December 2023)
12 December 2023, received £250 for an article published on 22 November 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 18 December 2023)
27 December 2023, received £250 for an article published on 6 December 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 03 January 2024)
6 February 2024, received £250 for an article published on 24 January 2024. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 23 February 2024)
20 February 2024, received £250 for an article published on 9 November 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 23 February 2024)
Payments from Reach Shared Services Ltd, 3rd Floor, 5 St Paul’s Square, Liverpool L3 9SJ, for articles in the Daily and Sunday Express:
6 June 2023, received £400 for an article published in the Sunday Express on 30 April 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 22 June 2023)
13 June 2023, received £300 for an article published in the Express on 24 April 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 22 June 2023)
14 June 2023, received £300 for an article published in the Express on 17 May 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 22 June 2023)
14 June 2023, received £300 for an article published in the Express on 26 May 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 07 July 2023)
4 July 2023, received £600 for an article published in the Express on 17 May 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 07 July 2023)
3 October 2023, received £400 for an article published in the Sunday Express on 6 August 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2023)
2 November 2023, received £400 for an article published in the Express on 10 September 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 13 November 2023)
4 January 2024, received £400 for an article in the Sunday Express published on 5 November 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 17 January 2024)
20 February 2024, received £200 for an article published in the Express on 26 July 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 20 February 2024)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Quantum Securities Ltd
Address of donor: 18th floor, 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5NR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 4 April 2023
Date accepted: 4 April 2023
Donor status: company, registration 03249445
(Registered 17 April 2023)
Name of donor: Michael Hintze
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to support my constituency work
Date received: 20 October 2023
Date accepted: 20 October 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 October 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Buck’s Club 1919
Address of donor: 18 Clifford Street, London W15 3RF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary life membership of Buck’s Club 1919 (value provided is that in 2024), value £1,625
Date received: 1 January 2002
Date accepted: 1 January 2002
Donor status: company, registration 03275185
(Updated 22 January 2024)
Name of donor: Pratt’s Club
Address of donor: 14 Park Place, London SW1A 1LP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary life membership as a Special Member (value provided is that in 2024), value £350
Date received: 1 June 2012
Date accepted: 1 June 2012
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Updated 23 January 2024)
Name of donor: Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)
Address of donor: Kings Buildings, 16 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Associated with visiting various charities/organisations in Scotland in my capacity as Chairman of the CSJ, flights, accommodation and other transport related costs with a total value of £3,370
Date received: 25-27 May 2023
Date accepted: 25 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05137036
(Registered 16 June 2023)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Jagello 2002
Address of donor: Mariánské náměstí 2116/10, 709 00 Ostrava 9, Czech Republic
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, subsistence and other travel costs, total value £1,500
Destination of visit: Prague, Czech Republic
Dates of visit: 10-11 May 2023
Purpose of visit: To speak at a conference hosted by the Transatlantic Defense Forum in Prague.
(Registered 16 May 2023)
Name of donor: IPAC Global Limited
Address of donor: c/o Connected Accounting, 2 Victoria Square, Victoria Street, St Albans AL1 3TF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Reimbursement for associated travel costs £144.46, flights and accommodation £512.74, total value £667.20
Destination of visit: Copenhagen
Dates of visit: 15-16 May 2023
Purpose of visit: Speaking at an IPAC event as part of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit organised by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation.
(Registered 24 May 2023)
Name of donor: Siobhan's Trust
Address of donor: Birkhill House, Cupar KY15 4QP
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, transport and food, value £606
Destination of visit: Ukraine
Dates of visit: 2-7 July 2023
Purpose of visit: Parliamentary delegation to meet with Ukrainian MPs to discuss the support that is needed from the UK and see the support that Siobhan's Trust is providing.
(Registered 27 July 2023)
Name of donor: IPAC Global Ltd (supported by National Democratic Institute and Open Society foundations)
Address of donor: c/o Connected Accounting, 2 Victoria Square, Victoria Street, St Albans AL1 3TF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, transportation and accommodation, total value £909.65
Destination of visit: Prague, Czech Republic
Dates of visit: 31 August - 2 September 2023
Purpose of visit: To participate in the Inter-parliamentary on China (IPAC) Prague Summit.
(Registered 07 September 2023)
Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Ukraine
Address of donor: One Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7BL
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£10,080.21) and accommodation (£629.91), total value £10,710.12
Destination of visit: Washington DC, United States
Dates of visit: 26-29 November 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend meetings with Republican members of Congress concerning support for Ukraine.
(Registered 07 December 2023)

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