Patrick Spencer | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Dan Poulter |
Majority | 4,290 (9.2%) [1] |
Personal details | |
Political party | Conservative |
Education | University of Leeds (BA) Georgetown University (MPP) |
Patrick Spencer (born 8 May 1988) is a British politician serving as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich since the 2024 general election. [1]
He is a senior fellow at the Centre for Social Justice,and has worked at the Department for Education. [2]
He is the son of Michael Spencer,Baron Spencer of Alresford. [3]
Patrick Spencer studied for a BA in Politics at the University of Leeds and a Masters in Public Policy at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He began his career in finance and sat on the board of a family investment business IPGL for 7 years. In 2016 he went to work at the Centre for Social Justice. In 2020 he become a Senior Adviser at the Department for Education working for six Secretaries of State for Education over the next 3 years. He was briefly a Director at the Jobs Foundation.
Patrick Spencer joined the Conservative Party while at university. In 2017 he was the Conservative Candidate at the General Election for the constituency of West Ham. He won 16.2% of the vote. [4] In June 2024 he was selected as the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the seat of Central Suffolk and North Ipswich. He won with a majority of 4,290. [5]
In parliament he made his maiden speech on the 25th July 2024 [6] where he spoke about his wish to focus on social justice issues in parliament. He is a member of the Education Select Committee and was appointed PPS [7] to Shadow Education spokesperson Laura Trott MP. He is an officer for the APPG for Babies and Care Experienced People and is a member of the APPGs for the East of England,Private Capital,Flood Prevention and Rugby.
Patrick Spencer is married to Anna,and they have two children. They live in Suffolk. In the past he has been a Governor at a Federation of local Primary Schools,a mentor with the Social Mobility Foundation and sat on the Advisory Council for the Living Wage Foundation.