27 Facts About Edward Garnier

Edward Garnier stood down from the House of Commons at the 2017 general election before entering the House of Lords in 2018.

Edward Garnier was born in Germany, the youngest son of Colonel William d'Arcy Garnier and Lavender nee de Grey.

Edward Garnier read Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974.

Edward Garnier was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1976.

Edward Garnier took silk in 1995, and was appointed as a Crown Court Assistant Recorder in 1998 and as a Recorder in 2000.

Edward Garnier represented Edwina Currie following an article in the Daily Express by Peter Oborne alleging she was the "vilest woman in Britain".

Edward Garnier represented former Prime Minister John Major in the High Court and UK Supreme Court hearings regarding the prorogation of parliament in September 2019.

Edward Garnier unsuccessfully contested the safe Labour seat of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire at the 1987 general election.

Edward Garnier joined the frontbench under William Hague as a spokesman on the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1997 and entered the Shadow Cabinet in 1999 as the Shadow Attorney General, according to a BBC News report earning wide acclaim for a thoughtful performance in that role, in which he demonstrated his legal expertise without becomingly excessively partisan.

Edward Garnier returned to the backbenches after the 2001 general election but became Opposition Spokesman for Home Affairs after the 2005 general election and later Shadow Attorney General.

On 5 February 2013, Edward Garnier voted against in the House of Commons Second Reading vote on the Marriage Bill.

Edward Garnier has long campaigned against compulsory annuity purchases for sums above the minimum income threshold and has introduced or supported several Private Members Bills on the issue.

Edward Garnier has raised the issue of eco-towns around 20 times in Parliament.

Edward Garnier was granted an adjournment debate on 29 January 2008.

Edward Garnier argued that although the eco-town principle was sound, Pennbury - a rural site not a brownfield one - lacked the necessary transport infrastructure and was unlikely to be able to provide jobs.

Edward Garnier's constituents were amongst 544 British United Shoe Machinery workers who lost their pensions following the company entering Administration in 2000.

Workers joined Ros Altmann's company pensions campaign blaming Venture Capitalist Apax Partners for having engineered the collapse and Edward Garnier was the first East Midlands MP to question Apax's role.

Edward Garnier raised the issue again with the new Minister for Pensions Reform Stephen Timms citing the "mysterious circumstances" under which the pensions disappeared.

In June 2015 Edward Garnier called on Jeremy Hunt to "get a grip on those allegedly in charge of the project" at St Luke's hospital which he said had become a local joke.

Edward Garnier claimed the project had been the subject of delays since 1992.

Edward Garnier was Solicitor General from May 2010 to September 2012.

Edward Garnier was appointed a Knight Bachelor after the reshuffle that ended his time as Solicitor General.

In November 2014, The Daily Telegraph reported allegations that Edward Garnier requested that Simon Danczuk "think very carefully" about what he said to the Home Affairs select committee about Leon Brittan and the missing Westminster paedophile dossier.

Edward Garnier believed the chances of winning were low, proceeding would have been costly, and it would have provided another "opportunity for ill-motivated people to attack the judiciary to misconstrue the motives of both parties".

On 22 June 2018, Edward Garnier was created a life peer as Baron Edward Garnier, of Harborough in the County of Leicestershire, thus becoming a member of the House of Lords.

Edward Garnier speaks proficient French and enjoys 19th-century French literature.

Edward Garnier's cousin is Mark Garnier who has been the Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest since the 2010 general election.