Chloe Smith

The Right Honourable Chloe Smith MP
Official portrait, 2020
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Thérèse Coffey
Succeeded by	Mel Stride
Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health
In office 16 September 2021 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Justin Tomlinson
Succeeded by	Claire Coutinho
Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution
In office 9 January 2018 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Chris Skidmore
Succeeded by	Nigel Adams
In office 4 September 2012 – 6 October 2013
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Mark Harper
Succeeded by	Greg Clark
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office 14 June 2017 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Kris Hopkins
Succeeded by	Shailesh Vara
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office 14 October 2011 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Justine Greening
Succeeded by	Sajid Javid
Member of Parliament for Norwich North
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 July 2009
Preceded by	Ian Gibson
Majority	4,738 (10.2%)
Personal details
Born	Chloe Rebecca Smith (1982-05-17) 17 May 1982 Ashford, Kent, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Sandy McFadzean (m. 2013)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of York
Occupation	Politician

Chloe Rebecca Smith (born 17 May 1982) is a British politician. She was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from September 2022 to October 2022.

Career

Smith used to be the Secretary of State for Disabled People, Work and Health from 2021 to 2022. She is a member of the Conservative Party. She became the MP for Norwich North in 2009.

Smith was elected in a 2009 by-election. This was after the resignation of Labour Party MP Ian Gibson after the MPs' expenses scandal. Smith held a number of junior ministerial positions for two terms under David Cameron and Theresa May as Secretary of the Constitutional Assembly.

She held the latter role following Boris Johnson's victory in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election. In February 2020, she was promoted to Minister of State during the second Johnson ministry.

In 2021, Smith was appointed by Johnson as Minister of State for the Department for Work and Pensions. After Johnson resigned in 2022, Smith backed Liz Truss for Conservative leadership. Truss later appointed her as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.