Stephen Hammond MP

Stephen Hammond MP

LONDON

Stephen served for four years on Merton Council, where he was his party’s environment spokesman and deputy leader of the Conservative group until he stood down a year after his election to Parliament.

He had won back Wimbledon from Labour in 2005 with a swing towards him of more than 7 per cent. Since then he has been re-elected in 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019.

His policy interests include health, financial affairs, transport and foreign affairs. From 2005 he served as Shadow Minister for Transport and from 2012 to 2014 he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport. From November 2018 until July 2019 he served as Minister for Health.

Born in 1962, Hammond went to King Edward VI Grammar School in Southampton, Richard Hale School in Hertford, and read economics at Queen Mary’s College, London University. He is an associate of the Society of Investment Analysts.

He started work as a fund manager for Newton Investment Management and then Canada Life, and moved on to a series of investment banks, including Philips and Drew and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, where he became director of the equities division in 1991. Stephen joined Commerzbank in 1995 and later became director of pan-European research. He left the job in 2003 to concentrate on campaigning.

Stephen has been married since 1991 to Sally, and has one daughter. He is a former national league hockey player and runs for pleasure. He also enjoys reading and cooking.