Mark Simmonds
Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds (born 12 April 1964) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, and was first elected in 2001, succeeding Sir Richard Body. He was re-elected in 2005 with a greatly increased majority before his subsequent re-election in 2010 – more than doubling his 2005 majority.
Mark Simmonds | |
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Simmonds in 2014 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific | |
| In office 5 September 2012 – 11 August 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Henry Bellingham |
| Succeeded by | James Duddridge |
| Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness | |
| In office 7 June 2001 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Richard Body |
| Succeeded by | Matt Warman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 April 1964 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Lizbeth Hanomancin Garcia |
| Alma mater | Trent Polytechnic |
In September 2012 he was appointed to the Government as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific. On 11 August 2014 he resigned this post and confirmed that he would step down as an MP at the 2015 general election.
In October 2015, he was appointed non-executive director of the AIM-listed fertiliser company, African Potash. On 6 January 2020, Simmonds was appointed a non-executive director of the AIM-listed African oil exploration company, LEKOIL, a week before the company announced that it had been the victim of a US$184m fraud.