What is Iain Duncan Smith?
[[File:Official_portrait_of_Sir_Iain_Duncan_Smith_MP_crop_2.jpg|right|thumb|Duncan Smith in 2020]] '''Sir George Iain Duncan Smith''' (born 9 April 1954 in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland) is a [[British people|British]] [[politician]] who is the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2016 - 2016. He was the leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] from September 2001 to November 2003 and is the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[constituency]] of Chingford and Woodford Green. Iain Duncan Smith served in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] part of the [[British Army]], the [[Scots' Guard]] from 1975 to 1981. He became a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] MP at the 1992 General Election for the constituency of Chingford (called Chingford and Woodford Green from 1997). He became a member of [[William Hague]]'s shadow cabinet in 1997 and became Shadow Defence Secretary in 1999. When Hague resigned in 2001, Iain Duncan Smith was elected leader of the Conservative Party, defeating [[Kenneth Clarke]] and [[Michael Portillo]]. In November 2003, Conservative Party MPs passed a Vote of No Confidence in Iain Duncan Smith because they believed he could not win the [[general election]]. He was replaced by [[Michael Howard]]. After the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 General Election]], Iain Duncan Smith was made the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. He resigned in March 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title='A compromise too far': Iain Duncan Smith's resignation letter in full|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/18/iain-duncan-smith-resignation-letter-in-full|accessdate=19 March 2016|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian|date=19 March 2016}}</ref> Iain Duncan Smith was the first leader of the Conservative Party to have been [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and was the first to have been born in [[Scotland]] since [[Arthur Balfour]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.iainduncansmith.org/ - Official site] {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Iain Duncan}} [[C