Simon Hart
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Simon Hart MP |
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Member of Parliament for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Nick Ainger |
| Majority | 6,054 (15.0%) |
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15 August 1963 Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Abigail Kate Hart |
| Alma mater | Royal Agricultural College |
| Website | www |
Simon Anthony Hart (born 15 August 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected in the 2010 general election and re-elected in the 2015 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, defeating the previous Labour MP Nick Ainger who had represented the constituency since its creation in 1997.
Hart was born in Wolverhampton, grew up in the Cotswolds, and attended Radley College before the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. He worked as a Chartered Surveyor in Carmarthen and Haverfordwest and served with the Territorial Army for five years in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (part of The Royal Wessex Yeomanry).
Hart was Master of the South Pembrokeshire Hunt for 10 years from 1988 to the end of the 1997/8 season.
Hart was Chief Executive of the pro-hunting Countryside Alliance, 2003-2010, stepping down after his election as MP. He is currently in receipt of £30,000 per annum for 8 hours work per week from them.
Hart lives in Llanmill near Narberth in Pembrokeshire with his wife Abigail and their two children.
Hart has been the MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire since 2010.
Hart is an outspoken supporter of hunting and the badger cull. He actively campaigns to overturn the 2004 Hunting Bill and assist the National Farmers Union of England and Wales.
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