| Ben SpencerMP | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care | |
| In office 19 July 2024 – 6 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 25 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Philip Hammond |
| Majority | 7,627 (15.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamin Walter Jack Spencer (1981-12-11) 11 December 1981 (age 43) Liverpool, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Benjamin Walter Jack Spencer (11 December 1981) is a British psychiatrist and Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge since 2019.
Early life and career
Ben Spencer was born on 11 December 1981 in Liverpool. He attended a state grammar school in the West Midlands. He has a master's in mental health law and a PhD on Decision-Making Capacity.
Spencer worked for ten years as a doctor for the NHS, specialising in mental health.
Parliamentary career
At the snap 2017 general election, Ben Spencer stood in Camberwell and Peckham, coming second with 12.8% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Harriet Harman.
Spencer was elected to Parliament at the 2019 general election as MP for Runnymede and Weybridge with 54.9% of the vote and a majority of 18,270.
He is a former member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
On 3 October 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Conservative Party Jake Berry. On 25 November 2023, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party for Campaigning and Candidates – Disability and Diversity.
At the 2024 general election, Spencer was re-elected as MP for Runnymede and Weybridge with a majority of 7,627.
On 19 July 2024, he was appointed as Shadow Minister of State for Mental Health, Prevention and Public Health.
Following the election of Kemi Badenoch in the 2024 Conservative leadership election, Spencer was made Shadow Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology.
References
- "No. 62862". The London Gazette. 20 December 2019. p. 23192.
- Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
- ^ "Reforming the Mental Health Act". Dr Ben Spencer MP for Runnymede and Weybridge. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- "Camberwell & Peckham parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- "Camberwell & Peckham general election results 2017". BBC News. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
- "Runnymede & Weybridge Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- "11 current committee members". Work and Pensions Committee, House of Commons. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- "I am delighted that @DrBenSpencer is joining @conservatives, as my Parliamentary Private Secretary. Looking forward to working with him!". Twitter. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- "Latest civil service and public affairs moves – December 4". Civil Service World. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- "Runnymede and Weybridge – General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- "Shadow Department of Health and Social Care". UK Parliament.
External links
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byPhilip Hammond | Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge 2019–present |
Incumbent |