Chris Grayling

Chris Grayling

Christopher Stephen "Chris" Grayling (born April 1, 1962 in London ) is a British Conservative Party politician . He was Lord Chancellor and Minister of Justice from September 2012 to May 2015 , then Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons until July 2016 and Minister of Transport from July 2016 to July 2019.

Life

Grayling grew up in Buckinghamshire and studied history at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge . In 1985 he joined BBC News and in 1988 moved to Channel 4 as the editor of Business Daily . From 1993 he worked in various positions in the media sector and as a business consultant.

Grayling was first elected to the House of Commons for Epsom and Ewell in 2001 and was a member of David Cameron's shadow cabinet in 2005 . After the UK general election in 2010 , Grayling became Minister of State for Employment .

In September 2012, he replaced Kenneth Clarke as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice . He has been the first Lord Chancellor not to be a lawyer for 440 years. It is said that the last non-lawyer in 1672–1673 was the Earl of Shaftesbury ; however, he had belonged to Lincoln's Inn since 1638 . After the British general election in 2015 , he became Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons . In July 2016, he became Minister of Transport in the May I Cabinet and held this post after the new government was formed in 2017 until Prime Minister May resigned.

Web links

Commons : Chris Grayling  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-ministerial-appointment-july-2016-secretary-of-state-for-transport
2. ↑ Her Majesty's Government . Number10.gov.uk. May 19, 2010. Archived from the original on May 15, 2010. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 13, 2010. 
3. ↑ scotsman.com: "Queen's speech sketch: ceremony changes" (Maddox) 8 May 2013
4. ^ History of Parliament Online - Cooper, Sir Anthony Ashley
5. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/election-2015-prime-minister-and-ministerial-appointments