Simon Burns
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The Right Honourable Sir Simon Burns MP |
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Rt Hon Sir Simon Burns MP
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| Minister of State for Transport | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 4 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Theresa Villiers |
| Succeeded by | Susan, Baroness Kramer |
| Minister of State for Health Services | |
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In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Mike O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | Dr Daniel Poulter |
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Member of Parliament for Chelmsford West Chelmsford (1997–2010) |
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Assumed office 11 June 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Norman St John-Stevas |
| Majority | 18,250 (35.9%) |
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6 September 1952 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Clifford (1982-2000; divorced); 2 children |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
| Website |
Official website parliament..simon-burns |
Sir Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns (born 6 September 1952) is a British politician, who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since being elected at the 1987 general election.
Burns resigned from being Minister of State for Transport in October 2013 to stand in the First Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means by-election following the resignation of Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans.
Returned to Parliament as a Conservative MP in the 2015 election, he was knighted in the 2015 Birthday Honours.
Born on 6 September 1952 in Nottingham, Burns was educated at Christ the King School in Accra, then Stamford School in Lincolnshire, before going up to Worcester College, Oxford, to read Modern History, graduating with a BA (Hons) (Third-class honours, resulting in his nickname "third degree burns") in 1975. He has also received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy (Hon. PhD) from Anglia Ruskin University.
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