Sam Gyimah

Sam Gyimah
Sam Gyimah
	Official portrait, 2017
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
	In office; 9 January 2018 – 30 November 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Jo Johnson
Succeeded by	Chris Skidmore
Minister of State for Prisons
	In office; 17 July 2016 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Andrew Selous
Succeeded by	Rory Stewart
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education
	In office; 21 July 2014 – 17 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Liz Truss
Succeeded by	Caroline Dinenage
Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution
	In office; 14 July 2014 – 12 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Greg Clark
Succeeded by	John Penrose
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
	In office; 7 October 2013 – 14 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Desmond Swayne
Succeeded by	Harriett Baldwin
Leader	In office; 21 October 2019 – 13 December 2019
Liberal Democrat frontbench positions
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	In office; 21 October 2019 – 13 December 2019
Leader	Jo Swinson
Preceded by	Sir Ed Davey
Succeeded by	Sarah Olney (Business and Industrial Strategy); Wera Hobhouse (Energy and Climate Change)
Member of Parliament; for East Surrey
	In office; 6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Peter Ainsworth
Succeeded by	Claire Coutinho
Personal details
Born	Samuel Phillip Gyimah; 10 August 1976 (age 47); Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Political party	Liberal Democrats (2019–present)
Other political; affiliations	Conservative (1999–2019)
Spouse	Nicky Black (m. 2012)
Children	2
Alma mater	Somerville College, Oxford
Website	www.samgyimah.london

Samuel Phillip Gyimah ( /ˈdʒiːmɑː/; born 10 August 1976)^[1] is a British politician and banker who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Surrey from 2010 to 2019.^[2] First elected as a Conservative, Gyimah rebelled against the government to block a no-deal Brexit and had the Conservative whip removed in September 2019. He subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats and stood unsuccessfully for them in Kensington at the 2019 general election. Gyimah now serves on the board of Goldman Sachs International.

Between 2014 and 2018, after serving as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, and as a government whip, Gyimah was promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.^[3]^[4]^[5] He served as the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation from January 2018 until he resigned on 30 November 2018 in protest at Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement.^[6]

^ "Sam's Background". Sam Gyimah. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Sam in Parliament". Sam Gyimah. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Childcare and Education". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for the Constitution)". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Her Majesty's Government: December 2015". Prime Minister's Office. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ Tominey, Camilla (30 November 2018). "Tory minister Sam Gyimah resigns in protest at Theresa May's withdrawal deal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[SGW1-1] "Sam's Background". Sam Gyimah. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[SGW2-2] "Sam in Parliament". Sam Gyimah. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[3] "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Childcare and Education". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[4] "Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for the Constitution)". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[5] "Her Majesty's Government: December 2015". Prime Minister's Office. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[6] Tominey, Camilla (30 November 2018). "Tory minister Sam Gyimah resigns in protest at Theresa May's withdrawal deal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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