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Sir Graham Brady MP

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Sir Graham Brady was elected MP for Altrincham and Sale West in 1997, becoming the youngest Conservative MP. 

Sir Graham was born in Salford in 1967. He was educated at Heyes Lane,  Altrincham Grammar School and Durham University where he studied law. Graham first became active in the Conservative party when aged 16 he joined a campaign to save the local grammar schools. Prior to entering Parliament in 1997 Graham was Public Affairs Director at the Waterfront Partnership. He had previously worked at the Centre for Policy Studies and Shandwick Plc.

At Graham's election in 1997 he was the youngest Conservative MP. In Parliament he has been opposition spokesman on employment, served as a whip and as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Michael Ancram when he was Party Chairman. He went onto become Shadow Minister for Schools; PPS to Michael Howard when he became Leader of the Opposition and then Shadow Europe Minister. He continued in that role following David Cameron's election as leader. Graham stepped down from the front bench on 29th May 2007 to campaign in support of grammar schools and selective education.

In 2010 he was elected Chairman of the 1922 Committee which represents the views and concerns of backbench Conservative MPs and has continued in that position since then. Graham was voted Backbencher of the Year by the Spectator magazine in 2010 and by Conservative Home. In 2020 he was knighted in the New Year Honours List. Graham has been a member of the Treasury Select Committee, and was a Governor of Manchester Metropolitan University from 2008-11. In January 2020 he became Vice President of the Enterprise Forum. He is patron of the Counselling and Family Centre in Altrincham  and a trustee of the Jubilee Centre in Bowdon. He is a member of Hamblin Educational Trust as well as President of  Altrincham’ s  Garrick Theatre  and  a patron of the Victoria Cross Trust.  He is a keen supporter of Stockdales, a charity supporting children and adults with learning disabilities in Manchester.

He is married with two grown-up children.

 

 

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Sir Graham can be contacted in the following ways:

Phone: 020 7219 1260 - for assistance with casework.  For Advice surgery appointments only telephone:  0161 904 8828

Email: Graham's Parliamentary Secretary

Westminster 
House of Commons
London SW1A 0AA

More information on Sir Graham can be found on his personal website and his newsletters can be viewed below.

  

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Sir Graham Brady MP

Altrincham & Sale West Constituency Office

The Thatcher Suite, Denzell House, Dunham Road, Bowdon WA14 4QE

  

  

  

  

  

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