Matt Hancock Biography, Age, Wiki, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family & More

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Matt Hancock

Biography / Wiki

Matt Hancock, sometimes known as Matthew John David Hancock, is a British politician. From 2018 to 2021, Hancock was Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

After his extramarital romance with an aide, Gina Coladangelo was revealed, he resigned from his post. In 2018, he served for six months as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport. Since 2010, he has served as a Member of Parliament for West Suffolk.

Height / Weight / Age

Born on 1978-10-02. He seems tall enough with his height which is 179 centimeters and he is 5’10” in feet & inches. He maintains himself very fit and healthy with a weight of 75 kilograms and 165 lbs in pounds.

Moreover, he is very conscious about his physique and follows a regular and healthy diet in order to keep himself fit as a fiddle.

Date Of Birth 2 October 1978
Age 46 Years
Height In Feet & Inches: 5’10

In Centimeters: 179 cm

Weight In Kilograms: 75 kg

In Pounds: 165 lbs

Body Measurements Not Known
Eye Color Hazel
Hair Color Light Brown
Shoe Size 6.5 (US)

Net Worth

From 2018 to 2021, Matt Hancock was the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom. Around £67,505 is paid by the British government. His net worth is now believed to be at $3 million.

Education / Family

Matt was born and raised in Chester, Cheshire, England, and belongs to the white ethnicity. He is born to his father Michael Hancock and his mother Shirley Hills.

He grew up with his brother and a sister named Emily. He attended Farndon County Primary School and the independent King’s School as part of his schooling.

He went on to study maths, physics, computing, and economics at A-level. He went to West Cheshire College after high school to study computing.

He went on to Exeter College, Oxford, to further his education. He received a first-class honors degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. He went on to Christ’s College, Cambridge, to get his MPhil in Economics.

Name

Matt Hancock

Nick Name Matt Hancock
Birth Place Chester, Cheshire, England
Profession Politician
Sexual orientation Straight
School Farndon County Primary School and the independent King’s School
College West Cheshire College, Exeter College
Religion Christianity
Nationality English
Home town Chester, Cheshire, England
Zodiac Sign Libra
Fathers name Michael Hancock
Mothers name Shirley Hills
Brothers 1 (Name not known)
Sisters Emily

Career / Fashion and Style

As of his career, he temporarily worked for his family’s computer software firm after graduating from university. After that, he worked for a Conservative backbencher. He subsequently relocated to London to work for the Bank of England as an economist specializing in the property market.

In 2005, he became an economic consultant to George Osborne, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. He then rose through the ranks to become Osborne’s chief of staff. His political career began in January 2010, when he was chosen as the Conservative candidate for West Suffolk. In the final round, he narrowly beat Natalie Elphicke.

At the 2010 general election, he was elected as the constituency’s MP. In June 2010, he was elected to the Public Accounts Committee. Between October 2010 to December 2012, he was a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee.

In January 2013, Daybreak host Matt Barbet accused him of lying after he claimed he was removed from a conversation concerning apprentices after arriving “only 30 seconds late.” In October 2013, he was appointed Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise in the Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills.

In July of 2014, he was appointed to the office of the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise. As Minister of State for Portsmouth, he took on new responsibilities. After that, he was the Minister of Energy. He was chastised for flying back from a climate meeting on a private plane and taking funds from the climate change denier group Global Warming Policy Foundation.

In May 2015, he was appointed Minister of the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General. Following Theresa May‘s election as Prime Minister, he was appointed Minister of State for Digital and Culture in July 2016. In January 2018, he was named Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport.

He chastised the BBC over the salaries of its foreign correspondents, claiming that some of its employees were paid “much more than equal public officials.” In 2018, he became the first member of Parliament to establish his own mobile app, which served as a social network enabling him to engage with residents and provide updates on his cabinet function.

In July 2018, he was named Secretary of State for Health and Social Care for England and Wales. Hancock confirmed his desire to run for the Conservative Party leadership after Theresa May revealed her plan to quit as Prime Minister in 2019. In June, he dropped out of the campaign and then backed Boris Johnson.

He remained in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cabinet as the Secretary of State for Health. The prorogation of parliament was upheld by the Supreme Court, which Hancock backed. As the Greensill payment mechanism was then expanded out across the NHS, he was involved in the controversy.

He officially apologized to Bethany, a teen diagnosed with autism in November 2019, for her treatment in mental facilities where she was held in solitary confinement. She was chastised for sexism after recommending that Labour MP and shadow health minister Rosena Allin-Khan adjust the “tone” of her remarks on 5 May 2020.

In 2020, Hancock combined Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace to become the UK Health Security Agency. Hancock voted against a Labour Party Opposition Day Motion to extend free school meals to children in England throughout the holidays on October 21, 2020, with 322 votes against and 261 votes in support.

He stated wrongly that Brexit enabled the MHRA to approve the first COVID-19 vaccination quickly. In February 2021, a High Court judge decided that Hancock had broken the law by awarding PPE contracts without revealing facts in a timely manner. Hancock sparked outrage when he broke the COVID-19 social distancing rules.

Gina Coladangelo, one of his advisers, was having an extramarital affair with him. In May 2021, CCTV footage of them kissing and hugging in his Whitehall office was released. On June 26, 2021, he resigned from his position as secretary.

Girlfriend, Affairs, Wife, and More

Gina Coladangelo is Matt Hancock’s current girlfriend. She was his former assistant and worked for the Department of Health and Social Care as a non-executive director. In June 2021, closed-circuit television footage showing Hancock kissing and hugging Coladangelo was released by The Sun, exposing their affair.

When their romance was revealed, Hancock was married to Martha Hoyer Millar and Coladangelo was married to Oliver Tress. They then parted ways with their respective spouses. According to reports, the two have moved in together. With his ex-wife, Martha, Hancock has three children: a daughter and two sons. One of their kids has been adopted.

Girlfriend Gina Coladangelo

 

Matt Hancock with his girlfriend Gina
Matt Hancock with his girlfriend Gina

Marital status Separated
Wife Martha Hoyer Milar

 

Matt Hancock with his ex-wife Martha
Matt Hancock with his ex-wife Martha

Children 3 (Name Not Known)

 

Matt Hancock with his ex-wife & kids
Matt Hancock with his ex-wife & kids

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Some Interesting Facts About Matt Hancock

  • In 1999, he joined the Conservative Party as a member.
  • He apologized in October 2014 after retweeting a poem implying that the Labour Party was “full of queers,” calling his actions a “complete mistake.”
  • In February 2021, a High Court judge decided that Hancock had broken the law by awarding PPE contracts without revealing facts in a timely manner.
  • In 2020, Hancock combined Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace to become the UK Health Security Agency.
  • In the 2016 UK referendum on EU membership, he voted to keep the UK in the EU.
  • In November 2018, he was chastised in the Evening Standard for appearing to support a mobile phone health app sold by the subscription health service business Babylon.
  • In March 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.
  • In October 2020, he denied breaking a 10 p.m. drinking limit in the Smoking Room bar in the House of Commons.
  • In 2012, he won a horse race in his constituency town of Newmarket after training as a jockey.

Social Media Profile(s)

  1. Instagram @matthancockmp
  2. Twitter@MattHancock
  3. Facebook @matthancockofficial
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