Clerk of the House of Commons

Clerk of the House of Commons
Logo of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom consisting of the crowned portcullis alongside the words "House of Commons"
Incumbent
Tom Goldsmith
since 1 October 2023
House of Commons
StatusPrincipal constitutional adviser to the House and Corporate Officer of the House
SeatPalace of Westminster
AppointerThe Crown (de jure)
Clerk of the Parliaments (de facto)
Inaugural holderRobert de Melton
Formation1363
first permanent appointment

The clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England.

The formal name for the position held by the Clerk of the House of Commons is Under Clerk of the Parliaments;[1] The chief clerk of the House of Lords is the Clerk of the Parliaments.

  1. ^ Parliamentary Corporate Bodies Act 1992, section 2(2): "The individual who for the time being is by letters patent appointed to the office of the Under Clerk of the Parliaments (and who is customarily referred to as the Clerk of the House of Commons) shall be the Corporate Officer of the Commons."