Matthew Hancock | |
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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | |
In office 9 July 2018 – 26 June 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Jeremy Hunt |
Succeeded by | Sajid Javid |
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
In office 8 January 2018 – 9 July 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Karen Bradley |
Succeeded by | Jeremy Wright |
Minister of State for Digital and Culture | |
In office 15 July 2016 – 8 January 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Ed Vaizey |
Succeeded by | Margot James |
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General | |
In office 11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Francis Maude |
Succeeded by | Ben Gummer |
United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion | |
In office 14 October 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Kenneth Clarke |
Succeeded by | Eric Pickles |
Minister of State for Business and Enterprise | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Michael Fallon |
Succeeded by | Anna Soubry |
Minister of State for Energy | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Michael Fallon |
Succeeded by | Andrea Leadsom |
Minister of State for Portsmouth | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Michael Fallon |
Succeeded by | Mark Francois |
Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise[a] | |
In office 6 September 2012 – 15 July 2014 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | John Hayes |
Succeeded by | Nick Boles |
Member of Parliament for West Suffolk | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Richard Spring |
Majority | 23,194 (45.1%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Matthew John David Hancock 2 October 1978 Chester, Cheshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) |
Martha Hoyer Millar
(m. 2006; sep. 2021) |
Children | 3 |
Education | The King's School, Chester |
Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) University of Cambridge (MPhil) |
Website | matt-hancock |
a. ^ Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills from 6 September 2012 to 7 October 2013.[1] |
Matthew John David Hancock (born 2nd October 1978) is a British politician. He has been the MP of West Suffolk since 2010.[2] He was Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2018 until 2021. Hancock was suspended from the Conservative Party in November 2022.
On 9 July 2018, after the promotion of Jeremy Hunt to Foreign Secretary, Hancock was named Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.[3]
On 25 May 2019, Hancock announced his plans to run for leadership of the Conservative Party.[4] He withdrew from the race on 14 June shortly after winning only twenty votes on the first ballot.[5]
In May 2021, Hancock was filmed kissing an assistant during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also attended Boris Johnson's party during the national quarantine. Both of these events angered many people. He announced his resignation as Secretary for Health on 26 June 2021,[6] with Sajid Javid taking over as Health Secretary.[7]
In November 2022, Matt Hancock was announced as a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here (a show where celebrities live in a jungle). He was suspended from the Conservative Party because of this. Hancock made it to the final and finished in third place out of 12 celebrities.
He will also be a contestant on SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Matt Hancock released a book named Pandemic Diaries.
The journalist Isabel Oakeshott worked with Hancock as the ghostwriter on his Pandemic Diaries. He gave her his WhatsApp messages and she later gave them to the Daily Telegraph. He said this was a “massive betrayal of trust”.[8]