Mark Simmonds
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| Mark Simmonds MP | |
 Simmonds at a Health Hotel session during the 2009 Conservative Party Conference |
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Member of Parliament
for Boston and Skegness |
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| Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Richard Body |
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| Majority | 5,907 (14.1%) |
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| Born | 12 April 1964 Worksop, Nottinghamshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lizbeth Hanomancin Garcia |
| Alma mater | Trent Polytechnic |
Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds (born 12 April 1964) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party Member of Parliament 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.
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[edit] Early life
Born in Worksop, Simmonds went to Worksop College, then Trent Polytechnic, where he obtained a BSc (Hons) degree in Urban Estate Surveying in 1986. He became an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1987. He worked as a surveyor for Savills from 1986-88, then was a Partner in Strutt & Parker from 1988-96. He was a Director of Hillier Parker from 1997-9, then Managing Director of Mortlock Simmonds from 1999 until becoming an MP, becoming Chairman.
[edit] Parliamentary career
He contested the Ashfield seat in 1997. Simmonds was promoted to Shadow Health Minister in 2007.
[edit] Personal life
He married Lizbeth Hanomancin Garcia in December 1994 in London, and they have two daughters (born March 1999 and October 2000) and a son (born April 2002).
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| Preceded by Sir Richard Body |
Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness 2001–present |
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