Jeremy Simmonds

## Sir Jeremy Simmonds KBE QC MP

Parliamentary Portrait of Sir Jeremy Simmonds KBE QC MP

### Previous Position(s)

* Shadow Secretary of State for Justice & Shadow Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
* Attorny General of England and Wales,
* Solicitor General of England and Wales,
* Minister of State to the Lord Chancellor.

## Military Service Details

### Profession

Reservist

**Sir Jeremy Reginald Elias Simmons KBE QC MP** (*Born 1st April 1969 in Scunthorpe, England*) is a British Labour Politician and Statesman he is currently a Member of Parliament.

## Early Life & Education

Jeremy was born in Scunthorpe in April 1969 to Eileen and Ian Simmonds, Eileen was a Senior Office Manager at a large Law Firm and Ian was a Foreman at the Scunthorpe Steel Plant. He has an older brother whom is a Staff Sargent in the Royal Engineers and younger sister who works as a Nurse in the local hospital. He has no children but has 4 nephews and 1 niece. He was educated at the Sir John Nelthorpe Secondary School and then went on to study history law and politics at John Leggott College, he was then accepted to complete his BA in Jurisprudence at Oxford Law School studying there for 3 years with 1 year abroad at the Stanford Law School where he met friend Harold Lewis whom also spent a year abroad studying Jurisprudence.

## Post Education Life

Following his studies , he and his friend, Harold Lewis, established their own Law Practice. Simmonds & Lewis expanded rapidly, gaining branches across Scunthorpe, Goole and Hull. Soon it came time to decide on a specific Headquaters whilst the company expanded into the wider county. Lewis and Simmonds couldnt agree, Simmonds wanted Scunthorpe, Lewis wanted to look further afield.

Simmonds and Lewis took the decision to seperate at that time, not being able to come to a decision on the matter, Simmonds accepted Lewis' decision and they went their seperate ways. Jeremy promoted the 6 Junior Partners of his firm to Senior Partner. Renaming the firm to Simmonds & Co LLP, Harold retained his shares however lost his vote. In this time Jeremy became a QC specialising in Employment and Family Law.

After 6 years of dedicated work and hard graft, the company was one of the largest single firm in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire & the Humber. Simmonds took a particular affinity to the creation of the 'Human Law Project' which he set up to support those who needed lawyers but simply couldnt afford it. He did case after case for familes and young people who without him wouldnt be able to get a lawyer.

## Political Career

In 1995 he was Knighted for his Services to Law for the work he did on the Human Law Project. Following this, in the 1997 General Election he was chosen to stand in the Scunthorpe Seat for the Labour Party. Within a month he had been appointed as a Minister of State in the Blair Ministry, serving in the Lord Chancellors Department.

Following the reelection in 2001 Jeremy was promoted to Solicitor General for England and Wales, serving under Peter Goldsmith as Attorney General, where he supported the government throughout their term in office. Providing sound legal advice and council.

For his efforts throught his term in office, following 2005 General Election he was promoted again to Attorney General for England and Wales. He served in this position until the end of the Brown ministry. Following the loss of the 2010 General Election he went on to serve in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice.