Mark Simmonds

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Mark Simmonds MP
Simmonds at a Health Hotel session during the 2009 Conservative Party Conference
Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Sir Richard Body
Majority	12,426 (28.8%)
Personal details
Born	12 April 1964 (1964-04-12) (age 47) Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Lizbeth Hanomancin Garcia
Alma mater	Trent Polytechnic
Website	www.marksimmonds.org

Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds (born 12 April 1964) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, and was first elected in 2001, succeeding Sir Richard Body. He was re-elected in 2005 with a greatly increased majority.

Early life

Born in Worksop, Simmonds went to Worksop College, then Trent Polytechnic, where he obtained a BSc (Hons) degree in Urban Estate Surveying in 1986. He became an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1987. He worked as a surveyor for Savills from 1986–88, then was a Partner in Strutt & Parker from 1988-96. He was a Director of Hillier Parker from 1997-9, then Managing Director of Mortlock Simmonds from 1999 until becoming an MP, becoming Chairman.

Parliamentary career

He contested the Ashfield seat in 1997. Simmonds was promoted to Shadow Health Minister in 2007.

Personal life

He married Lizbeth Hanomancin Garcia in December 1994 in London, and they have two daughters (born March 1999 and October 2000) and a son (born April 2002).

External links

• Mark Simmonds MP official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Mark Simmonds MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Mark Simmonds MP
• Video: Open Road - Mark Simmonds interview, hosted by YouTube. Mark Simmonds talks about welfare reforms proposed by the coalition Government.

News items

• Concern over gangmasters in 2003

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Richard Body	Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness 2001–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Simmonds, Mark
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Date of birth	12 April 1964
Place of birth	Worksop, Nottinghamshire
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