Matt Hancock

**Matthew John David Hancock** (born 2nd October 1978) is a British politician. He has been the MP of West Suffolk since 2010. He was Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2018 until 2021. Hancock was suspended from the Conservative Party in November 2022.

## Political roles

On 9 July 2018, after the promotion of Jeremy Hunt to Foreign Secretary, Hancock was named Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

On 25 May 2019, Hancock announced his plans to run for leadership of the Conservative Party. He withdrew from the race on 14 June shortly after winning only twenty votes on the first ballot.

In May 2021, Hancock was filmed kissing an assistant during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also attended Boris Johnson's party during the national quarantine. Both of these events angered many people. He announced his resignation as Secretary for Health on 26 June 2021, with Sajid Javid taking over as Health Secretary.

## Television

In November 2022, Matt Hancock was announced as a contestant on _I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here_ (a show where celebrities live in a jungle). He was suspended from the Conservative Party because of this. Hancock made it to the final and finished in third place out of 12 celebrities.

He will also be a contestant on _SAS: Who Dares Wins_.

## Book

Matt Hancock released a book named _Pandemic Diaries._

The journalist Isabel Oakeshott worked with Hancock as the ghostwriter on his _Pandemic Diaries_. He gave her his WhatsApp messages and she later gave them to  the _Daily Telegraph._ He said this was  a “massive betrayal of trust”.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Matthew Hancock
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP
- **image**: Official portrait of Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP crop 2.jpg
- **office1**: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- **primeminister1**: Theresa May
Boris Johnson
- **term start1**: 9 July 2018
- **term end1**: 26 June 2021
- **predecessor1**: Jeremy Hunt
- **successor1**: Sajid Javid
- **office2**: Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- **primeminister2**: Theresa May
- **term start2**: 8 January 2018
- **term end2**: 9 July 2018
- **predecessor2**: Karen Bradley
- **successor2**: Jeremy Wright
- **office3**: Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Minister of State for Digital and Culture
- **primeminister3**: Theresa May
- **term start3**: 15 July 2016
- **term end3**: 8 January 2018
- **predecessor3**: Ed Vaizey
- **successor3**: Margot James
- **office4**: Minister for the Cabinet Office
Paymaster General
- **primeminister4**: David Cameron
- **term start4**: 11 May 2015
- **term end4**: 14 July 2016
- **predecessor4**: Francis Maude
- **successor4**: Ben Gummer
- **office5**: Cabinet Office, United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion
- **primeminister5**: David Cameron
- **term start5**: 14 October 2014
- **term end5**: 11 May 2015
- **predecessor5**: Kenneth Clarke
- **successor5**: Eric Pickles
- **office6**: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise
- **primeminister6**: David Cameron
- **term start6**: 15 July 2014
- **term end6**: 11 May 2015
- **predecessor6**: Michael Fallon
- **successor6**: Anna Soubry
- **office7**: Minister of State for Energy
- **primeminister7**: David Cameron
- **term start7**: 15 July 2014
- **term end7**: 11 May 2015
- **predecessor7**: Michael Fallon
- **successor7**: Andrea Leadsom
- **office8**: Minister for Portsmouth, Minister of State for Portsmouth
- **primeminister8**: David Cameron
- **term start8**: 15 July 2014
- **term end8**: 11 May 2015
- **predecessor8**: Michael Fallon
- **successor8**: Mark Francois
- **office9**: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise
- **primeminister9**: David Cameron
- **term start9**: 6 September 2012
- **term end9**: 15 July 2014
- **predecessor9**: John Hayes (British politician), John Hayes
- **successor9**: Nick Boles
- **office10**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), West Suffolk
- **term start10**: 6 May 2010
- **predecessor10**: Richard Spring, Baron Risby, Richard Spring
- **majority10**: 23,194 (45.1%)
- **birth name**: Matthew John David Hancock
- **birth place**: Chester, Cheshire, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **education**: The King's School, Chester
- **alma mater**: University of Oxford (BA)
University of Cambridge (MPhil)
- **nationality**: British
- **children**: 3
- **caption**: Hancock in 2020
- **footnotes**: a. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills from 6 September 2012 to 7 October 2013.