Greg Clark

**Gregory David Clark** (born 28 August 1967) is a British politician who was the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2016 to 2019. He also was Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from July to September 2022. Later, he was the Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tunbridge Wells from 2005 until 2024.

## Infobox (academic)

- **child**: yes
- **thesis title**: The effectiveness of incentive payment systems: An empirical test of individualism as a boundary condition
- **thesis url**: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1340/
- **thesis year**: 1992


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Greg Clark
- **image**: Official portrait of Rt Hon Greg Clark MP crop 2.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2020
- **office**: Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee
- **predecessor**: Norman Lamb
- **successor**: Chi Onwurah
- **term start**: 29 January 2020
- **term end**: 30 May 2024
- **office1**: Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Secretary of State for Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities
- **primeminister1**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor1**: Michael Gove
- **successor1**: Simon Clarke (politician), Simon Clarke
- **term start1**: 7 July 2022
- **term end1**: 6 September 2022
- **primeminister2**: David Cameron
- **term start2**: 11 May 2015
- **term end2**: 14 July 2016
- **predecessor2**: Eric Pickles
- **successor2**: Sajid Javid
- **office3**: Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- **primeminister3**: Theresa May
- **term start3**: 14 July 2016
- **term end3**: 24 July 2019
- **predecessor3**: Sajid Javid
- **successor3**: Andrea Leadsom
- **office4**: President of the Board of Trade
- **primeminister4**: Theresa May
- **term start4**: 15 July 2016
- **term end4**: 19 July 2016
- **predecessor4**: Sajid Javid
- **successor4**: Liam Fox
- **office5**: Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities
- **primeminister5**: David Cameron
- **term start5**: 15 July 2014
- **term end5**: 11 May 2015
- **predecessor5**: David Willetts
- **successor5**: Jo Johnson
- **office6**: Minister of State for Cities and Constitution
- **primeminister6**: David Cameron
- **term start6**: 7 October 2013
- **term end6**: 15 July 2014
- **predecessor6**: Chloe Smith
- **successor6**: Sam Gyimah
- **office7**: Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- **primeminister7**: David Cameron
- **term start7**: 4 September 2012
- **term end7**: 7 October 2013
- **predecessor7**: Mark Hoban
- **successor7**: Sajid Javid
- **office8**: Department for Communities and Local Government, Minister of State for Decentralisation
- **primeminister8**: David Cameron
- **term start8**: 13 May 2010
- **term end8**: 4 September 2012
- **predecessor8**: _Office established_
- **successor8**: Nick Boles
- **office9**: Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
- **leader9**: David Cameron
- **term start9**: 6 October 2008
- **term end9**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor9**: _Position established_
- **successor9**: Ed Miliband
- **office10**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency), Tunbridge Wells
- **term start10**: 5 May 2005
- **term end10**: 30 May 2024
- **predecessor10**: Archie Norman
- **successor10**: Mike Martin (British politician), Mike Martin
- **birth name**: Gregory David Clark
- **birth place**: Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **otherparty**: Social Democratic Party (UK), SDP
- **residence**: Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
- **spouse**: Helen Clark
- **children**: 3
- **alma mater**:
London School of Economics