Caroline Spelman

Dame Caroline Spelman
Official portrait, 2017
Second Church Estates Commissioner
In office
21 May 2015 – 12 December 2019
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byTony Baldry
Succeeded byAndrew Selous
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office
12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byHilary Benn
Succeeded byOwen Paterson
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
2 July 2007 – 19 January 2009
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byFrancis Maude
Succeeded byEric Pickles
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
In office
19 January 2009 – 12 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byEric Pickles
Succeeded byJohn Denham
In office
15 March 2004 – 2 July 2007
LeaderMichael Howard
David Cameron
Preceded byDavid Curry (Local and Devolved Government Affairs)
Succeeded byEric Pickles
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
In office
10 November 2003 – 15 March 2004
LeaderMichael Howard
Preceded byDavid Lidington (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Succeeded byRichard Ottaway
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
In office
18 September 2001 – 10 November 2003
LeaderIain Duncan Smith
Preceded byGary Streeter
Succeeded byJohn Bercow
Shadow Minister for Women
In office
14 September 2001 – 15 March 2004
LeaderIain Duncan Smith
Michael Howard
Preceded byTheresa May
Succeeded byEleanor Laing
Member of Parliament
for Meriden
In office
1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byIain Mills
Succeeded bySaqib Bhatti
Personal details
Born
Caroline Alice Cormack

(1958-05-04) 4 May 1958 (age 66)
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Mark Spelman
(m. 1987)
Children3
Residence(s)London, England
Algarve, Portugal
Alma materQueen Mary College, University of London
WebsiteOfficial website

Dame Caroline Alice Spelman DBE (née Cormack; born 4 May 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden in the West Midlands from 1997 to 2019. From May 2010 to September 2012[1] she was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in David Cameron's coalition cabinet, and was sworn as a Privy Counsellor on 13 May 2010.[2]

  1. ^ "Green groups' concern over Owen Paterson record". BBC News. 4 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Privy Council appointments, 13 May 2010". Privy Council. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.