About Simon Hart
Simon Anthony Hart, Baron Hart of Tenby (born 15 August 1963) is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 2010 to 2024. He served as the Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from October 2022 to July 2024. He previously served as Secretary of State for Wales in the Johnson government from 2019 to 2022. After Boris Johnson was elected as Conservative leader and appointed prime minister, Hart was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office in July 2019. In December 2019, during the formation of the second Johnson ministry, Hart was promoted to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Wales, succeeding Alun Cairns who had resigned from the position the previous month. In July 2022, he returned to the backbenches after resigning as Welsh Secretary amid a government crisis that culminated in Johnson's resignation. In October 2022, he was appointed Chief Whip by new prime minister Rishi Sunak. His seat was abolished in the boundary changes. He stood for the new seat of Caerfyrddin in the 2024 general election, but lost. On 25 October 2022, Hart was appointed Chief Whip of the Conservative Party by Rishi Sunak as part of his first cabinet. On 11 April 2025, Hart was awarded a life peerage in Rishi Sunak's Resignation Peerages List. He was created as Baron Hart of Tenby, of Lampeter Velfrey in the County of Pembrokeshire on 28 May 2025.
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