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Simon Clarke is a former MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website

Social Media

• @SimonClarkeMP
• https://facebook.com/simon4MSEC

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Treasury
• Sentencing: Foreign Nationals
• NHS: Finance
• Dumping
• Regional Planning and Development: Tees Valley
• Shared Ownership: Insulation

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 6 Dec 2022 to 18 Dec 2023)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission ( 7 Sep 2022 to 25 Oct 2022)
• Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ( 6 Sep 2022 to 25 Oct 2022)
• Member, Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 27 Jan 2022)
• The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (16 Sep 2021 to 6 Sep 2022)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (18 May 2020 to 22 Sep 2020)
• Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (13 Feb 2020 to 8 Sep 2020)
• The Exchequer Secretary (27 Jul 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• Member, Treasury Committee (20 Feb 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Treasury Sub-Committee (20 Feb 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (18 Dec 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tom Blenkinsop
• Ashok Kumar

Future MPs in this constituency

• Luke Myer

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

Recent appearances

• NHS 23 May 2024

  Let me add my best wishes for your retirement, Madam Deputy Speaker. I hope it will be a long and happy one. I thank my right hon. Friend for her statement. As waiting-list figures continue to fall, which is fantastic, it is vital that we continue to boost access to primary care, so will she join me in welcoming the news that the excellent Garth surgery in Gisborough, in my constituency, is...

• International Health Regulations 14 May 2024

  I welcome confirmation from my right hon. Friend that the Government do not consider the current drafting of the proposed treaty to be acceptable; it is good to have that on the record. On a principles-led basis, I do not believe it is in the UK’s national interest to accede to this. Anything that compromises our ability to make sovereign choices is profoundly unwelcome. Can the Minister...

• Defence Spending 24 Apr 2024

  I add my tribute to the late Frank Field, who was an extraordinary man and a great parliamentarian. In welcoming the announcement of an additional £75 billion over the next six years, which is much needed, may I urge the Secretary of State to consider the potential for a fifth successor-class submarine? I note that the patrol times for the Vanguard class are approaching 200 days, which is...

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