Simon Clarke (politician)

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The Right Honourable Sir Simon Clarke
Official portrait, 2021
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Greg Clark
Succeeded by	Michael Gove
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 15 September 2021 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Steve Barclay
Succeeded by	Chris Philp
Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government
In office 13 February 2020 – 8 September 2020
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Jake Berry
Succeeded by	Luke Hall
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office 27 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Robert Jenrick
Succeeded by	Kemi Badenoch
Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2017
Preceded by	Tom Blenkinsop
Majority	11,626 (24.3%)
Personal details
Born	(1984-09-28) 28 September 1984 (age 39) Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
Political party	Conservative
Education	Red House School
Alma mater	University College, Oxford

Sir Simon Richard Clarke^[1][2] (born 28 September 1984) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he briefly served as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from September to October 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022.

Following Boris Johnson's appointment as Prime Minister, Clarke was appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. He served as Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government from February to September 2020. In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle he was returned to Government as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, becoming the youngest cabinet minister in that ministry. After Johnson resigned in 2022, Clarke supported Liz Truss's bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss's appointment as Prime Minister, he was appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, a post he held for 49 days until his resignation prior to the accession of Rishi Sunak to the Prime Ministership.