Mark Simmonds

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Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds (born 12 April 1964, Worksop) 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 Richard Body. He was re-elected in 2005 with a massively increased majority.

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[edit] Early life

He 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. Mark Simmonds has recently been promoted to a Shadow Health Minister.

[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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