For the Canadian official, see Clerk of the House of Commons (Canada).
Clerk of the House of Commons
Incumbent Tom Goldsmith since 1 October 2023
House of Commons
Status
Principal constitutional adviser to the House and Corporate Officer of the House
Seat
Palace of Westminster
Appointer
The Crown (de jure) Clerk of the Parliaments (de facto)
Inaugural holder
Robert de Melton
Formation
1363 first permanent appointment
The clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England.
The formal name for the position held by the Clerk of the House of Commons is Under Clerk of the Parliaments;[1] The chief clerk of the House of Lords is the Clerk of the Parliaments.
^Parliamentary Corporate Bodies Act 1992, section 2(2): "The individual who for the time being is by letters patent appointed to the office of the Under Clerk of the Parliaments (and who is customarily referred to as the Clerk of the House of Commons) shall be the Corporate Officer of the Commons."
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