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Introduction
Chloe Smith is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since 2022. She previously served as Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich North since 2009.
Smith was elected in a 2009 by-election following the resignation of Labour MP Ian Gibson after the MPs’ expenses scandal. Smith held a number of junior ministerial roles under David Cameron and Theresa May, serving two terms as Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution. She continued to serve in the latter role after Boris Johnson’s victory in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election. In the February 2020 reshuffle, she was promoted to Minister of State during the second Johnson ministry.
In the 2021 reshuffle, Chloe Smith was appointed by Johnson as Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. After Johnson resigned in 2022, Smith supported Liz Truss’s bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss’s appointment as Prime Minister, she appointed Smith as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Early life
| Name | Chloe Smith |
| Net Worth | $3 million |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Age | 40 years |
| Height | 1.68m |
Chloe Rebecca Smith was born on May 17, 1982 (age 40 years) in Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom. Her parents moved to Norfolk when she was three years old. Growing up in Stoke Ferry, she attended comprehensive schools in Swaffham and Methwold. After a gap year working for former Conservative Education Secretary Gillian Shephard, she read English Literature at the University of York. She undertook summer work for Bernard Jenkin.
Smith joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as a management consultant after graduating from York University. She advised private businesses, government departments and public bodies. In 2007, Smith was chosen to be the Conservative Party candidate for the constituency of Norwich North at the general election. She then took leave from her job, working for Conservative Central Office on secondment, to “draw up detailed plans to put our policies into practice”.
Parliamentary career
Chloe Smith became the Conservatives’ by-election candidate following the resignation of Labour MP Ian Gibson after the MPs’ expenses scandal and subsequently gained the seat, becoming the youngest member of the House of Commons. She took her seat in the House of Commons when the parliamentary break ended in October.
Smith was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury in a ministerial reshuffle on 14 October 2011, becoming the youngest minister serving in government at that point. According to The Guardian newspaper, Smith was appointed to the role because David Cameron wrongly believed she was a trained accountant.
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On 26 June 2012, she appeared on the BBC Two current affairs program Newsnight and was interviewed about Chancellor George Osborne’s decision that day to delay plans to increase fuel duty. Interviewer Jeremy Paxman questioned the apparent change in her views on fuel duty. The interview attracted much comment from the media and other political figures and was described as a “mauling” and a “humiliation” for Smith. Politicians, including John Prescott and Nadine Dorries, questioned Osborne’s judgement for sending a junior minister onto the program in his place.
In September 2012, Chloe Smith was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Cabinet Office during a ministerial reshuffle. In August 2013, she was criticized by transparency campaigners for blocking the identification of civil servants and public sector bodies responsible for £77m of flights booked through the Government Procurement Service. In October 2013, she resigned from the Cabinet Office to “concentrate on the most important part of my job: being the Member of Parliament for Norwich North”.
In May 2014, Chloe Smith was awarded the Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Award under the Business Driver category for designing and conceiving the Norwich for Jobs campaign, which brought over 400 jobs and apprenticeships for young people in her constituency.
During the campaign for the 2015 general election, Smith was mocked by political opponents for quoting a constituent’s letter in her election literature. The letter said she seemed “to act more like a Socialist than a Conservative”. Smith responded: “Clearly I am not a socialist. I am a proud Conservative. What the letter writer was saying was my work can appeal across party lines”.
Chloe Smith retained her Norwich North seat in the snap 2017 general election, taking 21,900 votes, ahead of Labour’s Chris Jones by 507 votes. Following the election, she was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland working under James Brokenshire.
In January 2018, during the 2018 British cabinet reshuffle by Theresa May, Smith was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution, a role she had previously held under David Cameron. In February 2020, Smith was promoted to Minister of State by Boris Johnson. In August 2019, Smith was the victim of an anthrax scare in which she was sent a package of white powder.
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In September 2021, during the cabinet reshuffle, Smith became Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health at the Department for Work and Pensions. On 6 September 2022, Smith was appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Prime Minister Liz Truss. She was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council on 13 September 2022 following her appointment.
Smith’s political stances have included support for lower taxation, increasing VAT, and opposition to the Lisbon Treaty. She also supported the legalization of same-sex marriage. She singles out Benjamin Disraeli as a political leader she admires. Smith was opposed to Brexit before the 2016 referendum. Chloe Smith
Husband
Chloe Smith is married to Sandy McFadzean, they had their wedding in 2013. Her husband is a financial consultant and they had their first child, a son, in 2016. In 2019, their second child, a daughter, was born. In November 2020, Smith announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. In June 2021, she announced that after chemotherapy and surgery, she was cancer-free. Smith is an active volunteer and fundraiser for several charities including Cancer Research UK and Sport Relief. She is an atheist. As of mid-2022, Chloe Smith and her husband Sandy McFadzean are still married and living a happy life with their children.
Chloe Smith net worth
How much is Chloe Smith worth? Chloe Smith’s net worth is estimated at around $3 million. Her source of income is her working career as a politician. Chloe Smith’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $400,000 annually. Her remarkable achievements have earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. She is one of the richest and most influential politicians in the United Kingdom. Chloe Smith stands at an appealing height of 1.68m and has a good body weight which suits her personality.