16 Facts About Claire Coutinho

Claire Coryl Julia Coutinho was born on 8 July 1985 and is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for East Surrey since the 2019 general election.

Claire Coutinho has been serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing since October 2022.

Claire Coutinho served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People from September to October 2022.

Claire Coutinho's parents emigrated from India in the late 1970s and are of Goan Christian descent.

Claire Coutinho's father Winston was a retired anaesthetist, and her mother Maria is a GP.

Claire Coutinho was privately educated at James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich.

Claire Coutinho studied mathematics and philosophy at Exeter College, Oxford.

In 2012, Claire Coutinho left the company, and co-founded a literary-themed supper club, The Novel Diner.

Claire Coutinho then worked for two years at Iain Duncan Smith's centre-right think tank Centre for Social Justice.

Claire Coutinho then became a programme director for the industry group Housing and Finance Institute.

Claire Coutinho left the company to become a special adviser at HM Treasury.

Claire Coutinho has commented that she left KPMG to join the government as a special adviser so that she could help deliver Brexit "from the inside", which she had supported in the 2016 EU referendum.

Claire Coutinho was selected as the Conservative candidate for East Surrey on 11 November 2019.

Claire Coutinho was elected as MP in the 2019 general election with a majority of 24,040.

Claire Coutinho was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary at HM Treasury, and joined the advisory board of the centre-right think tank Onward in February 2020.

Claire Coutinho resigned from her position as PPS on 6 July 2022 in protest at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's leadership following the Chris Pincher scandal.