1. Sir Gregory Knight was born on 4 April 1949 and is a British politician, author and musician.
19 Facts About Greg Knight
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Greg Knight served as the Conservative MP for East Yorkshire from 2001 to 2024, having previously served as the MP for Derby North from 1983 to 1997.
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Greg Knight served as a minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher, John Major and David Cameron.
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Greg Knight served as a Leicester City Councillor for Castle Ward and Leicestershire County Councillor for Evington Division from 1976 to 1981.
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Greg Knight was MP for Derby North from 1983 until the 1997 election, when he lost his seat.
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Greg Knight returned to the House of Commons in 2001 after successfully contesting the East Yorkshire seat.
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Greg Knight is in favour of bringing back capital punishment and spoke out against the apartheid government of South Africa during the 1980s.
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Greg Knight was deputy Chief Whip under John Major between 1993 and 1996 and Minister of State for Industry at the Department of Trade and Industry from 1996 until the Conservative defeat at the 1997 election.
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Greg Knight was made a Privy Councillor in 1995, entitling him to the style "Right Honourable".
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Greg Knight served under Michael Howard as a shadow minister for Environment and Transport until 2005.
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Greg Knight was re-elected unopposed to the chair of the Procedure Committee in 2010.
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Greg Knight has successfully piloted two of his Private Members Bills into law.
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Greg Knight rejoined the government in September 2012 as a senior whip and Vice Chamberlain of the Royal Household, a position he held until October 2013.
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Greg Knight is a Eurosceptic and is in favour of Brexit.
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Greg Knight has argued in Parliament for "double summertime", which would see the clocks go forward by two hours during summer.
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Greg Knight is Secretary of the British American Parliamentary Group, one of the largest and most active all-party groups at Westminster.
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Greg Knight is chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicles Group and successfully called on the Government to exempt historic vehicles from MOT tests.
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Greg Knight announced in June 2023 that he would stand down at the 2024 general election.
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Greg Knight has backed several other artists on the drums in live shows including George McCrae and Fergal Sharkey and, in the studio, he played drums backing KT Tunstall, Steve Harley, Ricky Wilson and David Gray on the charity single "You Can't Always Get What You Want" released in December 2016 by Chrysalis Records.