Graham Brady

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Graham Brady (2007)

Graham Stuart Brady (born May 20, 1967 in Salford ) is a British Conservative Party politician . He has been a member of the House of Commons since 1997 .

Family and education

Born in Salford, Brady received his education at the Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Altrincham . This was followed by a study of law at the University of Durham , which he graduated in 1989. Brady met his wife Victoria Lowther in Durham . The two married in 1992 and have a daughter and a son. The family lives in Altrincham.

Professional background

After graduating, he took up a position as a public relations consultant at Shandwick in London . In 1990 he became a member of the Center for Policy Studies . Two years later he took over the management of the public relations department at the Waterfront Partnership .

Political career

Brady joined the Conservative Party when he was 16. During his studies he chaired his party's political college group . In the 1997 general election , he ran as the successor to Fergus Montgomery in the Altrincham and Sale West constituency . He prevailed over the Labor Party candidate by 1,505 votes . He made his inaugural address in Parliament on June 2, 1997. After his election, Brady became a member of the Committee on Education and Labor. In 1999 he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chairman of the Conservative Party Michael Ancram . The following year, William Hague first appointed him Whip of the opposition. In the same year Brady rose to the education and labor policy spokesman for the opposition faction. In the 2001 general election , he managed to defend his seat with 46.2% of the vote. In the legislative period that lasted until 2005 , he was the educational policy spokesman for his party and, from 2003, he was the private parliamentary secretary of opposition leader Michael Howard . From 2004 he was the opposition's foreign policy spokesman and shadow minister for European affairs . Between 2004 and 2005 he also worked in the office of the Deputy Prime Minister . Since 2007 he has also been a member of the Finance Committee in the House of Commons. In the elections in 2005 and 2010 Brady was confirmed in office, where he was able to steadily expand his lead. On May 29, 2007, he resigned as Shadow Minister for European Affairs. The reason for this was a dispute with David Cameron over the continuation of the Grammar Schools . During the 2011 expense scandal , it was found that Brady, his wife's assistant, was paying between £ 40,000 and £ 45,000 in government-funded salaries to family members.

As of May 2010, Brady was chairman of the 1922 Committee , the gathering of his party's backbenchers in the House of Commons. After party leader Theresa May announced his resignation on May 24, 2019, Brady also resigned. Previously, party friends had urged him to run for May's successor.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Overview of the election results on politicsresources.net
  2. ↑ Oliver Wright, Jamie Thunder: Despite the expenses scandal, 136 MPs still employ family members ( English ) In: The Independent . September 8, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  3. ^ Brady elected as Tories' 1922 Committee chairman. BBC , May 26, 2010, accessed January 30, 2019
  4. ↑ Conservative Party: New PM to be in post by end of July. BBC, May 24, 2019, accessed the same day. (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Brady, Graham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brady, Graham Stuart (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the United Kingdom's House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Salford