Bio:
Simon was Member of Parliament for Chelmsford from June 1987-March 1997, West Chelmsford between in May 1997 and for Chelmsford since 2010. He has been active in politics since 1970 as a founding member of the Rutland and Stamford Young Conservatives and founder and Chairman of Stamford School CPC. In September 2001 Simon was appointed Shadow Health Minister and reappointed to this position in 2005. Since May 2010 he has been Minister of State at the Department of Health and in January 2011 appointed a member of the Privy Council.