Biography:
Greg Clark was re-elected MP for Tunbridge Wells on May 7th 2015 with 30181 votes, taking 58.7% of the vote.
Greg entered the Shadow Cabinet in October 2008, having previously been Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering. After the 2010 general election he became a minister of state in the Department for Communities and Local Government, a role he retained also in the following election in 2015.
Born in Middlesbrough in 1967, Greg attended the local St Peter’s Comprehensive, South Bank. He went on to study Economics at Cambridge University and was awarded his PhD at the London School of Economics.
Before entering politics, Greg worked for the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s top business strategy firms, and was posted to the USA, Mexico, South America and Iceland, as well as working for clients in the UK.
Greg was Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Trade & Industry – the Rt Hon Ian Lang MP – from 1996 until the General Election in 1997. Subsequently, he was appointed the BBC’s Controller, Commercial Policy.
Before becoming an MP, Greg was Director of Policy for the Conservative Party from March 2001 for three successive Leaders – William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard – before being elected to Parliament in 2005.
Constituency: Tunbridge Wells
Constituency Tel: 01892-519854
Date of Birth: 28 August 1967
Email: greg@gregclark.co.uk
Party: Conservative
Personal Website: http://www.gregclark.org/
Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Westminster Tel: 0207 219 6977
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregclarkmp
Facebook Personal: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009712389120&fref=ts