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Greg Clark PhD, MP
	Greg Clark PhD, MP
	; Clark speaking at the CBI Climate Change Summit 2008.
	Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 October 2008
Preceded by	new department
	Member of Parliament; for Tunbridge Wells
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Archie Norman
Majority	9,988 (23.5%)
Born	28 August 1967 (age 42); Middlesbrough
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Helen Clark
Alma mater	Magdalene College, Cambridge; London School of Economics

For other persons of the same name, see Gregory Clark.

Greg Clark (born 28 August 1967) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells. Clark is currently Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change shadowing the newly created Department of Energy and Climate Change.

[edit] Early life and career

Greg Clark was born in Middlesbrough and attended the local South Bank Comprehensive School, before reading Economics at Magdalene College, Cambridge and then the London School of Economics, where he was awarded his PhD. He was the special advisor to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Ian Lang between 1996 and 1997 and was Director of Policy for the Conservative Party from 2001 until his election to parliament.

Whilst at Cambridge, he was a member of David Owen's SDP, and an executive member of its student wing, Social Democrat Youth and Students (SDYS)

[edit] Member of Parliament

He was elected at the 2005 General Election for the parliamentary constituency of Tunbridge Wells after Archie Norman stood down as the MP. He was elected with a majority of 9,988 and made his maiden speech on 9 June 2005 [1] in which he spoke of the (then) forthcoming 400th anniversary of Dudley, Lord North's discovery of the Chalybeate spring and the foundation of Royal Tunbridge Wells, a town to which the royal prefix was added in 1909 by King Edward VII.

He was appointed to the front bench in a minor reshuffle in November 2006 by David Cameron, becoming Shadow Minister for Charities, Voluntary Bodies and Social Enterprise. Shortly after his appointment he made headlines by saying the Conservative party needed to pay less attention to the social thinking of Winston Churchill, and more to that of columnist on The Guardian, Polly Toynbee. In October 2008, Clark was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet, shadowing the new government position of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

[edit] Personal life

He is married to Helen and they have three children. The couple live in Tunbridge Wells

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Archie Norman	Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells 2005–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by new department	Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 2008–present	Incumbent