Benjamin Walter Jack Spencer (11 December 1981) is a British psychiatrist and Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge since 2019.
Ben Spencer was born on 11 December 1981 in Liverpool. He attended a state grammar school in the West Midlands. He has a master's in mental health law and a PhD on Decision-Making Capacity.
Spencer worked for ten years as a doctor for the NHS, specialising in mental health.
At the snap 2017 general election, Ben Spencer stood in Camberwell and Peckham, coming second with 12.8% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Harriet Harman.
Spencer was elected to Parliament at the 2019 general election as MP for Runnymede and Weybridge with 54.9% of the vote and a majority of 18,270.
He is a former member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
On 3 October 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Conservative Party Jake Berry. On 25 November 2023, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party for Campaigning and Candidates â Disability and Diversity.
At the 2024 general election, Spencer was re-elected as MP for Runnymede and Weybridge with a majority of 7,627.
On 19 July 2024, he was appointed as Shadow Minister of State for Mental Health, Prevention and Public Health.
Following the election of Kemi Badenoch in the 2024 Conservative leadership election, Spencer was made Shadow Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology.