The Lord Hammond of Runnymede | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 13 July 2016 – 24 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Theresa May | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | George Osborne | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sajid Javid | ||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign Secretary | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 15 July 2014 – 13 July 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | William Hague | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Boris Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Defence | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 14 October 2011 – 15 July 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Liam Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Michael Fallon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Transport | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 11 May 2010 – 14 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Adonis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Justine Greening | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 December 1955 Epping, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Conservative[a] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Independent[b] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Susan Williams-Walker
(m. 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence(s) | Send, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||
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Philip Hammond, Baron Hammond of Runnymede PC[1][2][3] (born 4 December 1955)[4] is a British politician and life peer who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019 and Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as Defence Secretary from 2011 to 2014 and Transport Secretary from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Runnymede and Weybridge from 1997 to 2019.
Born in Epping, Essex, Hammond studied Philosophy, politics and economics at University College, Oxford. He worked from 1984 as a company director at Castlemead Ltd – a healthcare and nursing company. From 1995 to 1997, he acted as an adviser to the government of Malawi before his election to Parliament.
Hammond served in the Shadow Cabinets of Michael Howard and David Cameron as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2005 to 2007 and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 2005 and from 2007 to 2010. After the formation of the Coalition Government in May 2010, he was appointed Secretary of State for Transport and was sworn of the Privy Council. Upon the resignation of Liam Fox over a scandal in October 2011, Hammond was promoted to replace him as Secretary of State for Defence, before being further promoted in July 2014 to become Foreign Secretary.[5][6]
In July 2016, after Theresa May succeeded Cameron as prime minister, Hammond was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. As chancellor, Hammond suggested that the government may begin a reduction in austerity measures.[7] In July 2019, he spoke in an interview with Andrew Marr of his plans to tender his resignation to Theresa May should Boris Johnson become the new Leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister, on the grounds that, should he be part of the Johnson Cabinet, collective responsibility would require him to support a no-deal Brexit. With the later selection of Johnson as the next prime minister, he tendered his resignation to May.[8] He had the Conservative whip removed in September 2019 for voting against Johnson's government and subsequently sat as an independent MP, while remaining a member of the party. He did not stand for re-election in the 2019 election.[9]
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- ^ Chapple, James; Talbot, Charlotte (9 June 2017). "General Election: Philip Hammond holds Runnymede and Weybridge as Labour increase vote by more than 10%". SurreyLive. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Runnymede and Weybridge". Electoral Commission. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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- ^ "William Hague quits as foreign secretary in cabinet reshuffle". BBC News. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "Grande-Bretagne : l'eurosceptique Philip Hammond remplace Hague aux Affaires étrangères". euronews. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ Philip Hammond hints government will ease up on austerity Archived 18 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian.
- ^ "Philip Hammond plans to quit if Johnson becomes PM". BBC News. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond to stand down as MP". BBC News. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2019.