Chloe Smith

The Right Honourable Chloe Smith
Official portrait, 2020
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
In office 28 April 2023 – 20 July 2023[a]
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Michelle Donelan
Succeeded by	Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Thérèse Coffey
Succeeded by	Mel Stride
Junior ministerial offices Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health In office 16 September 2021 – 6 September 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by Justin Tomlinson Succeeded by Claire Coutinho Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution[b] In office 9 January 2018 – 16 September 2021 Prime Minister Theresa May Boris Johnson Preceded by Chris Skidmore Succeeded by Nigel Adams In office 4 September 2012 – 6 October 2013 Prime Minister David Cameron Preceded by Mark Harper Succeeded by Greg Clark Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland In office 14 June 2017 – 9 January 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May Preceded by Kris Hopkins Succeeded by Shailesh Vara Economic Secretary to the Treasury In office 14 October 2011 – 4 September 2012 Prime Minister David Cameron Preceded by Justine Greening Succeeded by Sajid Javid
Member of Parliament for Norwich North
In office 23 July 2009 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Ian Gibson
Succeeded by	TBC
Personal details
Born	Chloe Rebecca Smith (1982-05-17) 17 May 1982 (age 42) Ashford, Kent, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Sandy McFadzean ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of York
Website	www.chloesmith.org.uk

Chloe Rebecca Smith (born 17 May 1982) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich North from 2009 to 2024. She previously served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from September to October 2022^[1] and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from April to July 2023.^[c][2]

Smith was elected in a 2009 by-election following the resignation of Labour MP Ian Gibson due to the MPs' expenses scandal. Smith held a number of junior ministerial roles under David Cameron and Theresa May, serving two terms as Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution. She continued to serve in the latter role after Boris Johnson's victory in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.

In the February 2020 reshuffle, Smith was promoted to Minister of State during the second Johnson ministry. In the 2021 reshuffle, she was appointed by Johnson as Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. After Johnson resigned in 2022, Smith supported Liz Truss’s bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss's appointment as Prime Minister, she appointed Smith as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. She was later temporarily Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology during the time Michelle Donelan MP was Minister on Leave (Secretary of State), a position given to Secretaries and Ministers of State while on Maternity Leave.^[3]

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