British politician Chloe Rebecca Smith has held the position of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since 2022.
She has previously served as Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health from 2021 to 2022. She is a Conservative Party member and has served as the Norwich North MP since 2009.
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Following the resignation of Labour MP Ian Gibson due to the MPs’ expenses scandal, Smith was elected in a by-election in 2009.
Under David Cameron and Theresa May, Smith held a number of subordinate ministerial positions, including Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution for two periods.
After Boris Johnson won the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, she remained to hold the latter position.
During the second Johnson administration, she received a promotion to Minister of State in February 2020.
Smith was born in Ashford, Kent; when she was three years old, her family relocated to Norfolk.
She attended comprehensive schools in Swaffham and Methwold while growing up in Stoke Ferry.
She studied English literature at the University of York after taking a year out to work for Gillian Shephard, a former Conservative education secretary.
She worked for Bernard Jenkin over the summer.
