Mark Simmonds, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mark Simmonds

British politician

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1964

Place of Birth: Worksop, England, United Kingdom

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds (born 12 April 1964) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, and was first elected in 2001, succeeding Sir Richard Body.
He was re-elected in 2005 with a greatly increased majority before his subsequent re-election in 2010 – more than doubling his 2005 majority. In September 2012 he was appointed to the Government as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
On 11 August 2014 he resigned this post and confirmed that he would step down as an MP at the 2015 general election.In October 2015, he was appointed non-executive director of AIM-listed fertiliser company, African Potash.