Claire Coutinho

British politician and Conservative MP

Claire Coryl Julia Coutinho (born 8 July 1985) is a British politician and former investment banker. She was the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero from August 2023 to July 2024. She is a member of the Conservative Party. Coutinho has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Surrey since 2019.


Claire Coutinho

Official portrait, 2023
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Assumed office
8 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byEd Miliband
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
In office
31 August 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byGrant Shapps
Succeeded byEd Miliband
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing
In office
28 October 2022 – 31 August 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byKelly Tolhurst
Succeeded byDavid Johnston
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
In office
21 September 2022 – 28 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byChloe Smith
Succeeded byTom Pursglove
Member of Parliament
for East Surrey
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded bySam Gyimah
Majority7,450 (15.2%)
Personal details
Born
Claire Coryl Julia Coutinho

(1985-07-08) 8 July 1985 (age 39)
London, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materExeter College, Oxford
Websitewww.clairecoutinho.com

She was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People from September to October 2022 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing from October 2022 to August 2023.

Coutinho was born on 8 July 1985 in London.[1][2] Her parents emigrated from India in the late 1970s.[3][4]

References

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  1. "Members Sworn". UK Parliament. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times Guide to the House of Commons 2019: the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. Pandit, Shiladitya (15 December 2019). "After UK polls, Pune family gets its first MP from East Surrey". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. Cuniffe, Rachel (20 November 2023). "The quiet ruthlessness of Claire Coutinho". The New Statesman. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.