Caroline Spelman

The Right Honourable Dame Caroline Spelman DBE
Official portrait, 2017
Second Church Estates Commissioner
In office 21 May 2015 – 12 December 2019
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Tony Baldry
Succeeded by	Andrew Selous
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Hilary Benn
Succeeded by	Owen Paterson
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 2 July 2007 – 19 January 2009
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Francis Maude
Succeeded by	Eric Pickles
Shadow Cabinet positions Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government In office 19 January 2009 – 12 May 2010 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Eric Pickles Succeeded by John Denham In office 15 March 2004 – 2 July 2007 Leader Michael Howard David Cameron Preceded by David Curry (Local and Devolved Government Affairs) Succeeded by Eric Pickles Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment In office 10 November 2003 – 15 March 2004 Leader Michael Howard Preceded by David Lidington (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Succeeded by Richard Ottaway Shadow Secretary of State for International Development In office 18 September 2001 – 10 November 2003 Leader Iain Duncan Smith Preceded by Gary Streeter Succeeded by John Bercow Shadow Minister for Women In office 14 September 2001 – 15 March 2004 Leader Iain Duncan Smith Michael Howard Preceded by Theresa May Succeeded by Eleanor Laing
Member of Parliament for Meriden
In office 1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Iain Mills
Succeeded by	Saqib Bhatti
Personal details
Born	Caroline Alice Cormack (1958-05-04) 4 May 1958 (age 66) Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Mark Spelman ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	3
Residence(s)	London, England Algarve, Portugal
Alma mater	Queen Mary College, University of London
Website	Official website

Dame Caroline Alice Spelman DBE (née Cormack; born 4 May 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden in the West Midlands from 1997 to 2019. From May 2010 to September 2012^[1] she was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in David Cameron's coalition cabinet, and was sworn as a Privy Counsellor on 13 May 2010.^[2]