Simon Hart

The Right Honourable Simon Hart MP
Official portrait, 2022
Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Wendy Morton
Secretary of State for Wales
In office 16 December 2019 – 6 July 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Alun Cairns
Succeeded by	Robert Buckland
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office 24 July 2019 – 16 December 2019
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Oliver Dowden
Succeeded by	Jeremy Quin
Member of Parliament for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Nick Ainger
Majority	7,745 (18.4%)[1]
Personal details
Born	(1963-08-15) 15 August 1963 (age 60) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Abigail Kate Hart[2]
Alma mater	Royal Agricultural College
Website	www.simon-hart.com

Simon Anthony Hart (born 15 August 1963)^[3][4] is a British politician serving as the Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury since October 2022.^[5] He previously served as Secretary of State for Wales in the Johnson government from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire since 2010.

After Boris Johnson was elected as Conservative leader and appointed prime minister, Hart was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office in July 2019. In December 2019, during the formation of the second Johnson ministry, Hart was promoted to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Wales, succeeding Alun Cairns who had resigned from the position the previous month. In July 2022, he returned to the backbenches after resigning as Welsh Secretary amid a government crisis that culminated in Johnson's resignation. In October 2022, he was appointed Chief Whip by new prime minister Rishi Sunak.