Greg Clark

For other people named Gregory Clark, see Gregory Clark (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable
Greg Clark
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee[b]
In office
29 January 2020[a] – 30 May 2024
Preceded byNorman Lamb
Succeeded byChi Onwurah
Secretary of State for Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities[c]
In office
7 July 2022 – 6 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMichael Gove
Succeeded bySimon Clarke
In office
11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byEric Pickles
Succeeded bySajid Javid
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
In office
14 July 2016 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded bySajid Javid[d]
Succeeded byAndrea Leadsom
President of the Board of Trade
In office
15 July 2016 – 19 July 2016
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded bySajid Javid
Succeeded byLiam Fox
Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities
In office
15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byDavid Willetts
Succeeded byJo Johnson
Minister of State for Cities and Constitution
In office
7 October 2013 – 15 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byChloe Smith
Succeeded bySam Gyimah
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byMark Hoban
Succeeded bySajid Javid
Minister of State for Decentralisation
In office
13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byNick Boles
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
In office
6 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEd Miliband
Member of Parliament
for Tunbridge Wells
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byArchie Norman
Succeeded byMike Martin
Personal details
Born
Gregory David Clark

(1967-08-28) 28 August 1967 (age 57)
Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political partyConservative (1988–present)[e]
Other political
affiliations		SDP (before 1988)
SpouseHelen Clark
Children3
Residence(s)Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
London School of Economics
Websitewww.gregclark.org Edit this at Wikidata
Academic background
ThesisThe effectiveness of incentive payment systems: An empirical test of individualism as a boundary condition (1992)
  1. ^ Office vacant from 7 July to 11 October 2022
  2. ^ Science and Technology (2020-2023)
  3. ^ Communities and Local Government (2015–2016)
  4. ^ Also assumed the responsibilities of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd.
  5. ^ Whip suspended from 3 September 2019 to 29 October 2019.

Gregory David Clark (born 28 August 1967) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2016 to 2019. He also was Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from July to September 2022.[1] Later, he was the Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tunbridge Wells from 2005 until 2024.[2]

Clark was born in Middlesbrough and studied Economics at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was president of Cambridge University Social Democrats. He then gained his PhD from the London School of Economics.[3] Clark worked as a business consultant before becoming the BBC's Controller for Commercial Policy and then Director of Policy for the Conservative Party under Conservative leaders Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard from 2001 until his election to parliament in 2005.

Clark served in the Cameron-Clegg coalition as Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2010 to 2012, Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 2012 to 2013, and Minister of State for Cities and Constitution at the Cabinet Office from 2013 to 2014. Between July 2014 and May 2015, he held the post of Minister for Universities, Science and Cities.[4] Following the 2015 general election, Prime Minister David Cameron promoted Clark to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.[5] In July 2016, he was appointed as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy by new Prime Minister Theresa May and remained in that role until 24 July 2019. He had the whip removed on 3 September 2019, for voting against the government, before it was restored on 29 October. In May 2022, he was named as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Japan by Boris Johnson.[6] He ceased to be an MP in May 2024, when Parliament was dissolved for the 2024 general election, in which he decided not to stand.[7]

  1. ^ "Greg Clark twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  2. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8743.
  3. ^ Clark, David Gregory (1992). The effectiveness of incentive payment systems: An empirical test of individualism as a boundary condition (PhD). London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Michael Gove moved to chief whip in cabinet reshuffle". BBC News. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Ministers". Gov.uk.
  6. ^ "Russia on agenda as Johnson hosts Japanese PM". BBC News. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).