Gregory David Clark is the Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government and a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tunbridge Wells since 2005. Between 15 July 2014 and 11 May 2015, he held the post of Minister for Universities, Science and Cities. Clark was previously Financial Secretary to the Treasury, the minister responsible for cities policy, and Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government. He is described as an "economically liberal Conservative with a social conscience".