Simon Burton (parliamentary official)

Simon Peter Burton is a British public servant and the current Clerk of the Parliaments, the chief clerk in the House of Lords.

Burton was appointed as Clerk of the Parliaments with the effect from 2 April 2021 for a term of five years. He served earlier as Clerk Assistant and, before that, as Reading Clerk in the House of Lords.

On 24 July 2025 it was announced that Burton would retire as Clerk of the Parliaments on 1 April 2026. On 10 November 2025 it was announced that his successor would be Chloe Kilcoyne Mawson.

Burton's daughter was featured on Junior Bake Off.

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