Sir Graham Stuart Brady was born on 20 May 1967 and is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West since 1997.
35 Facts About Graham Brady
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On 1 December 2010, Graham Brady was voted "Backbencher of the Year" by The Spectator at its annual parliamentary awards.
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Graham Brady was born on 20 May 1967 in Salford, Lancashire, England.
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Graham Brady read Law at the University of Durham, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989.
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Graham Brady served additionally as Chairman of Northern Area Conservative Students and as a member of the Conservative Party's National Union Executive Committee.
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Graham Brady was appointed a consultant in public relations with Shandwick plc in 1989.
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Graham Brady joined the Centre for Policy Studies in 1990.
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Graham Brady was appointed director of public affairs at the Waterfront Partnership in 1992, where he remained until he was elected to the House of Commons in 1997.
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Graham Brady was vice-chairman of the East Berkshire Conservative Association from 1993 to 1995.
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Graham Brady was selected to contest the Altrincham and Sale West parliamentary constituency, following the retirement of the veteran Conservative MP Fergus Montgomery.
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Graham Brady's constituency is considered to be a Conservative safe seat, having returned only Conservative MPs during its existence.
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The 1997 general election proved to be a close battle in the seat, but Graham Brady was elected with a majority of 1,505 votes.
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Graham Brady was the youngest Conservative MP to be elected in 1997, having been elected just before his 30th birthday, the next youngest being Tim Collins who was three years older than Brady.
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Graham Brady made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 2 June 1997.
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Graham Brady was joint secretary of the Conservative Party Committee for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2000.
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Graham Brady was a member of the executive of the 1922 Committee from 1998 to 2000.
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Graham Brady became a member of the Education and Employment Select committee, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chairman of the Conservative Party, Michael Ancram in 1999.
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Graham Brady was made an Opposition Whip by William Hague in 2000.
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That same year Graham Brady would become an opposition spokesman on Education and Employment.
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Graham Brady was vice-chair of the all-party Advertising Group, secretary of the all-party Cayman Islands Group and treasurer of the all-party Egypt Group from 2001.
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Graham Brady became the PPS to the Leader of the Opposition, Michael Howard, in 2003, and an opposition spokesman on foreign affairs and Shadow Europe Minister in 2004.
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Graham Brady was vice-chair of the all-party Montserrat Group from 2006.
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Graham Brady became a member of the Treasury Select Committee and rejoined the executive of the 1922 Committee in 2007.
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Graham Brady was secretary of the all-party Fluoridation Group and Infrastructure Group from 2008.
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Graham Brady succeeded Sir Michael Spicer as Chairman of the 1922 Committee on 26 May 2010.
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Since 2010 Graham Brady has overseen the election of 3 Conservative Leaders all of whom have become the Prime Minister since the Conservative Party has been in office throughout his tenure as Chairman.
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Graham Brady resigned as 1922 Committee chairman on 24 May 2019 in order to explore launching a bid to become leader of the Conservative Party in the weeks that followed, but ultimately opted not to run for Leader.
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Graham Brady temporarily returned to the 1922 Committee on 3 September 2019, to serve as its acting Chairman "until a new executive is elected in the next session of Parliament".
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Graham Brady was re-elected as the permanent Chair on 20 January 2020.
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In 2022, Graham Brady became the longest-ever serving Chairman of the 1922 Committee, surpassing Edward du Cann.
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In May 2020, Graham Brady called for the removal of "arbitrary rules and limitations on freedom" brought in by the government because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Graham Brady said that the British public had been "a little too willing to stay at home".
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Graham Brady is a steering committee member of the lockdown-sceptic COVID Recovery Group, a group of Conservative MPs who oppose the UK government's December 2020 lockdown.
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Graham Brady employs his wife Victoria as his senior parliamentary assistant.
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Graham Brady was appointed a Knight Bachelor "for political and public service" in the 2018 New Year Honours.