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Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP

Conservative · Chingford and Woodford Green · E4 6LH

Key facts

Party Conservative (Con)
ConstituencyChingford and Woodford Green
First elected9 April 1992
ResultCon Hold
GenderM
EmailIain.duncansmith.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 2667
Websitehttp://www.iainduncansmith.org.uk/

Election results

Results for Chingford and Woodford Green at the most recent general election.

Iain Duncan Smith
Conservative 17281 35.6%
Shama Tatler
Labour 12524 25.8%
Faiza Shaheen
Independent 12445 25.7%
Paul Luggeri
Reform UK 3653 7.5%
Chris Brody
Green Party 1334 2.7%
Josh Hadley
Liberal Democrat 1275 2.6%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 12 May 2010 19 March 2016

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Leader of HM Official Opposition 12 September 2001 6 November 2003
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 15 June 1999 12 September 2001
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 11 June 1997 15 June 1999

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Administration Committee 11 January 1994 21 March 1997
Health and Social Care Committee 24 January 1994 10 July 1995
Standards in Public Life 16 November 1994 8 November 1995
Standards and Privileges 23 October 1996 21 March 1997

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Chingford and Woodford Green Present
Chingford and Woodford Green Present
Chingford and Woodford Green Present
Chingford Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative 9 April 1992 Present