Simon Baynes

Simon Baynes
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration[1]
In office
8 July 2022 – 8 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byTom Pursglove
Succeeded byTom Pursglove[a]
Member of Parliament
for Clwyd South
In office
12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded bySusan Elan Jones
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1960-04-21) 21 April 1960 (age 64)
Lesbury, Northumberland, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website

Simon Robert Maurice Baynes (born 21 April 1960) is a British Conservative former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd South from 2019 to 2024.[2][3] He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration from July to September 2022.[4][5] He was elected as Baynes worked in finance for J.P. Morgan Cazenove from 1982 to 2006, before running a small bookshop in Shrewsbury.[6][7]

  1. ^ Jointly with the Home Office.
  2. ^ "Clwyd South parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". bbc.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Baynes, Simon Robert Maurice, (born 21 April 1960), MP (C) Clwyd South, since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u293969. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Ministerial appointments: July 2022". GOV.UK. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Simon Baynes MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. ^ PoliticsHome.com (12 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". PoliticsHome.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. ^ "About Simon Baynes". SimonBaynes.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2019.


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