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The Right Honourable Matt Hancock MP | |
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| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 9 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Hunt |
| Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
In office 8 January 2018 – 9 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Karen Bradley |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Wright |
| Minister of State for Digital and Culture | |
In office 15 July 2016 – 8 January 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Sec. of State | Karen Bradley |
| Preceded by | Ed Vaizey |
| Succeeded by | Margot James |
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General | |
In office 11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Francis Maude |
| Succeeded by | Ben Gummer |
| Minister of State for Business and Enterprise | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Michael Fallon |
| Succeeded by | Anna Soubry (Small Business) |
| Minister of State for Energy | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Michael Fallon |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Leadsom |
| Minister of State for Portsmouth | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Michael Fallon |
| Succeeded by | Mark Francois |
| Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise | |
In office 8 September 2013 – 15 July 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | John Hayes |
| Succeeded by | Nick Boles |
Member of Parliament for West Suffolk | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Spring |
| Majority | 17,063 (33.0%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1978-10-02) 2 October 1978 Chester, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
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| Website | www.matt-hancock.com |
Matthew John David Hancock (born 2 October 1978) is a British politician of the Conservative Party serving as Member of Parliament for West Suffolk since 2010 and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2018.
Hancock was born in Cheshire, where his family run a software business.[1] Hancock studied PPE at Exeter College, Oxford[1] and Economics at Christ's College, Cambridge. He worked as an economist for the Bank of England before becoming an economic advisor (and later Chief of Staff) to George Osborne.
Following his election in 2010, he served in a number of middle-ranking ministerial positions from September 2013 onwards under both David Cameron and Theresa May. He was promoted to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in January 2018.[2] On 9 July 2018, after the promotion of Jeremy Hunt to Foreign Secretary, Hancock was named Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.[3]
Contents
1 Early life and career
2 Parliamentary career
2.1 Junior minister
2.2 Culture Secretary
3 Personal life
4 References
5 External links
Early life and career[edit]
Hancock was educated at Farndon County Primary School, in Farndon, Cheshire; the King's School, an independent school in Chester, Cheshire; and West Cheshire College, a further education college.[4] He graduated from Oxford University with a 1st in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, having studied at Exeter College, Oxford.[1] He went on to earn an MPhil in Economics at the University of Cambridge, where he studied at Christ's College, Cambridge.[4] Hancock became a member of the Conservative Party in 1999.[5]
After university, Hancock briefly worked for his family’s computer software company,[6][1] before moving to London to work as an economist at the Bank of England, specialising in the housing market.[7] In 2005, he became an economic adviser to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, later becoming Osborne's chief of staff.[4]
Hancock stepped down from his role with the party in February 2010 after being selected as one of the final six potential candidates for the West Suffolk constituency in the 2010 general election. He narrowly won the selection contest, which took place in Mildenhall, after four rounds of voting, beating Natalie Elphicke by 88 votes to 81 votes in the final round of voting.[8]
Parliamentary career[edit]
Hancock was elected as the Member of Parliament for West Suffolk at the 2010 general election with 24,312 votes, 13,050 votes ahead of Liberal Democrat candidate Belinda Brooks-Gordon.[9] In June, Hancock was elected to the Public Accounts Committee, the select committee responsible for overseeing government expenditures to ensure they are effective and honest.[10]
The frequency of his appearances in the House of Commons and contributions to debates are well above average, and he has voted for tuition fees, encouraging occupational pensions and raising VAT.[11]
In January 2013, he was accused of dishonesty by Daybreak presenter Matt Barbet after claiming he had been excluded from a discussion about apprentices after turning up "just 30 seconds late".[12] Barbet said Hancock knew he was "much more than a minute late" and he should have arrived half an hour beforehand to prepare for the interview. His opponent expressed surprise that "a minister whose Government berates 'shirkers' couldn't be bothered to get out of bed to defend his own policy".[12]
In March 2013, Hancock initiated and assisted the development of the Conservative government's minimum wage policy. Against internal and external party opposition, Hancock highlighted that most economic analyses demonstrate that raising the minimum wage had "no discernible effect on the employment prospects of low-wage workers". [13]
Junior minister[edit]
In October 2013, he was promoted to Minister of State for Skills & Enterprise in a government reshuffle.
In the July 2014 cabinet reshuffle, he was promoted again, this time to Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, Minister of State for Energy, and Minister of State for Portsmouth. On 27 July he announced protection from fracking for National Parks[14]—seen as a method of reducing anger in Conservative constituencies ahead of the election.[15] Interviewed on the Radio 4 Today programme, he rejected the suggestion that fracking was highly unpopular but when challenged was unable to name a single village which supported it.[15][16]
In his role as Minister of State for Energy, he was criticised for hiring a private jet to fly back from a climate conference[17] and accepting money[18] from climate change denial organisation Global Warming Policy Foundation. In October 2014, he apologized after retweeting a poem suggesting that the Labour Party was "full of queers", describing his actions as a "total accident".[19][20]
He became Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General on 11 May 2015.[21] He headed David Cameron’s "earn or learn" taskforce which aimed to have every young person earning or learning from April 2017. He announced that jobless 18- to 21-year-olds would be required to do work experience as well as looking for jobs, or face losing their benefits.[22]
Hancock moved to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as the Minister of State for Digital and Culture on 15 July 2016 after Theresa May became prime minister.[23] As minister for digital policy, Hancock in June 2017 recommitted to a "full fibre" digital policy. This promises that the UK will enjoy "superfast broadband" at speeds of 24Mbit/s+ for 97% of the UK by 2020.[24]
Culture Secretary[edit]
Hancock was promoted from his position as a junior minister within the Culture department to the Secretary of State during the cabinet reshuffle of January 2018.[25] he was then promoted further to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on Monday 9th July 2018.
Hancock is the first MP to launch his own smartphone app in 2018.[26] The head of privacy rights group Big Brother Watch called the app a "fascinating comedy of errors",[27] after the app was found to collect its users' photographs, friend details, check-ins, and contact information.[28][29]
Personal life[edit]
Hancock lives in Little Thurlow in his West Suffolk constituency with his wife, daughter, and two sons.[8] A fan of horse racing, Hancock rode in the Newmarket Town Plate in 2016, finishing second.[30] Hancock regards allocation and discipline in use of his time as key.[1]
References[edit]
^ abcde "Young minister has the skills to climb to the top in Westminster". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
^ "Cabinet reshuffle: Greening quits government". BBC News. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ "Matt Hancock replaces Jeremy Hunt as health secretary". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
^ abc "Matthew Hancock". Conservatives.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ "Matthew Hancock". www.parliament.uk. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-08.
^ "CANDIDATE OF THE DAY: Matthew Hancock – West Suffolk". elections.edelman.co.uk. 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-04-30.
^ "Matthew Hancock". Timesonline.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015. (subscription required)
^ ab "Tory hopeful Matthew Hancock moves into his new home". Newmarket Journal. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ "Election 2010: Constituency: Suffolk West". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ "Members of the 2010 intake dominate the Conservative membership of Select Committees Tory MPs". Conservative Home. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ "Matthew Hancock, former MP, West Suffolk". TheyWorkForYou.com. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ ab Peter Dominiczak (11 January 2013). "Hancock's half-hour: Tory minister accused of 'dishonesty' about missed TV appearance". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
^ Patrick Wintour (27 March 2013). "Minimum wage should be strengthened by Tories, says minister". The Guardian. London.
^ Peter Dominiczak (27 July 2014). "National parks to be 'protected' from fracking, Government says". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ ab Georgia Graham (28 July 2014). "Fracking: Matthew Hancock fails to name a single village that supports it". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ Skills minister Matthew Hancock 'couldn't get out of bed' for interview
^ Severin Carrell (2 April 2015). "Energy minister under fire for hiring jet to fly back from climate change deal". The Guardian. London.
^ Rowena Mason (10 April 2015). "Energy and climate change minister accepts £18,000 from climate sceptic". The Guardian. London.
^ Tory Minister retweets ‘Labour is full of queers’ poem
^ "Minister Matthew Hancock sorry for 'queers' retweet". BBC News. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ "The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP". Gov.uk.
^ "Hancock: Every young person should be earning or learning from April 2017" (Press release). Cabinet Office. 17 August 2015.
^ "New jobs for East Anglian MPs as ministers in May government". ITV News. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
^ Mark Jackson, ISP review, "Digital Minister Matt Hancock Recommits to “Full Fibre” Broadband Policy", 14 June 2017
^ "Reshuffle: Hancock promoted to cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
^ "'Hi I'm Matt Hancock - here's my app'". BBC News. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^ Burgess, Matt. "Matt Hancock MP has launched an app. And he wants all your data". wired.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^ "Culture Secretary Matt Hancock mocked for launching social media network". sky.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^ Smith, Mikey (1 February 2018). "Tory minister's new spartphone app appears to have a major privacy flaw". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^ "Matthew Hancock MP to ride in the Newmarket 350th Town Plate race". Matthew Hancock MP. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
External links[edit]
Official website
Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 2010–present
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Richard Spring | Member of Parliament for West Suffolk 2010–present | Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by John Hayes | Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise 2013–2014 | Succeeded by Nick Boles |
| Preceded by Michael Fallon | Minister of State for Business and Enterprise 2014–2015 | Succeeded by Anna Soubry as Minister of State for Small Business |
Minister of State for Energy 2014–2015 | Succeeded by Andrea Leadsom | |
Minister of State for Portsmouth 2014–2015 | Succeeded by Mark Francois | |
| Preceded by Francis Maude | Minister for the Cabinet Office 2015–2016 | Succeeded by Ben Gummer |
Paymaster General 2015–2016 | ||
| Preceded by Ed Vaizey | Minister of State for Digital and Culture 2016–2018 | Succeeded by Margot James |
| Preceded by Karen Bradley | Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2018 | Succeeded by Jeremy Wright |
| Preceded by Jeremy Hunt | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 2018-present | Incumbent |
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