About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Claire Coutinho) represents you, and all of the people who live in East Surrey, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for East Surrey

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Department for Education
• Women and Equalities
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Treasury
• Gender: Public Consultation
• Drax Power Station: Timber
• Universities: Freedom of Expression
• Electricity: Artificial Intelligence
• Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023

Currently held offices

• Shadow Minister (Equalities) (since 6 Nov 2024)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (since 8 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (31 Aug 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (27 Oct 2022 to 31 Aug 2023)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (21 Sep 2022 to 27 Oct 2022)
• Member, Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 27 Jan 2022)
• Member, Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (24 Nov 2021 to 1 Dec 2021)
• Member, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (16 Jun 2021 to 22 Jun 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Sam Gyimah
• Peter Ainsworth
• Geoffrey Howe
• William Clark
• Charles Doughty
• Michael Astor

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Hydrogen: Business 13 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish his Department's hydrogen to power business model.

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Electricity 13 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total cost of procuring frequency control services was in each month since January 2022.

• Written Answers — Women and Equalities: Race Equality Engagement Group: Public Appointments 13 Jun 2025

  To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what process was used to appoint Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon as Chair of the Race Equality Engagement Group.

More of Claire Coutinho’s recent appearances

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