Simon Baynes

Simon Baynes
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration
In office
8 July 2022  8 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byTom Pursglove
Succeeded byTom Pursglove
Member of Parliament
for Clwyd South
In office
12 December 2019  30 May 2024
Preceded bySusan Elan Jones
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1960-04-21) 21 April 1960
Lesbury, Northumberland, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website

Simon Robert Maurice Baynes (born 21 April 1960) is a British Conservative former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd South from 2019 to 2024. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration from July to September 2022. Baynes worked in finance for J.P. Morgan Cazenove from 1982 to 2006, before running a small bookshop in Shrewsbury.