Caroline Spelman

The Right Honourable
Dame Caroline Spelman
DBE
The Right Honourable Dame Caroline Spelman DBE
	Official portrait, 2017
Second Church Estates Commissioner
	In office; 21 May 2015 – 12 December 2019
Prime Minister	David Cameron; Theresa May; Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Tony Baldry
Succeeded by	Andrew Selous
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	In office; 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Hilary Benn
Succeeded by	Owen Paterson
Chairman of the Conservative Party
	In office; 2 July 2007 – 19 January 2009
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Francis Maude
Succeeded by	Eric Pickles
Leader	In office; 19 January 2009 – 12 May 2010
Shadow Cabinet positions
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
	In office; 19 January 2009 – 12 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Eric Pickles
Succeeded by	John Denham
	In office; 15 March 2004 – 2 July 2007
Leader	Michael Howard; David Cameron
Preceded by	David Curry (Local and Devolved Government Affairs)
Succeeded by	Eric Pickles
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
	In office; 10 November 2003 – 15 March 2004
Leader	Michael Howard
Preceded by	David Lidington (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Succeeded by	Richard Ottaway
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
	In office; 18 September 2001 – 10 November 2003
Leader	Iain Duncan Smith
Preceded by	Gary Streeter
Succeeded by	John Bercow
Shadow Minister for Women
	In office; 14 September 2001 – 15 March 2004
Leader	Iain Duncan Smith; Michael Howard
Preceded by	Theresa May
Succeeded by	Eleanor Laing
Member of Parliament; for Meriden
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Iain Mills
Succeeded by	Saqib Bhatti
Personal details
Born	Caroline Alice Cormack; 4 May 1958; Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Mark Spelman (m. 1987)
Children	3
Residence(s)	London, England; Algarve, Portugal
Alma mater	Queen Mary College, University of London
Website	Official website

Dame Caroline Alice Spelman DBE (née Cormack; born 4 May 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden in the West Midlands from 1997 to 2019. From May 2010 to September 2012 she was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in David Cameron's coalition cabinet, and was sworn as a Privy Counsellor on 13 May 2010.

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