Graham Brady

The Lord Brady of Altrincham
Official portrait, 2020
Chairman of the 1922 Committee
In office
20 January 2020 – 9 July 2024
Acting: 3 September 2019 – 20 January 2020
Leader
Preceded by
Succeeded byBob Blackman
In office
26 May 2010 – 24 May 2019
Leader
Preceded bySir Michael Spicer
Succeeded by
  • Dame Cheryl Gillan
  • Sir Charles Walker
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Minister for Europe
In office
15 June 2004 – 3 July 2007
Leader
Succeeded byMark Francois
Shadow Minister for Education
In office
18 September 2001 – 1 July 2003
LeaderIain Duncan Smith
Shadow Spokesperson for Work and Pensions
In office
1 June 2000 – 1 June 2001
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
19 August 2024
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Altrincham and Sale West
In office
1 May 1997 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConnor Rand
Personal details
Born
Graham Stuart Brady

(1967-05-20) 20 May 1967 (age 57)
Salford, Lancashire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Victoria Lowther
(m. 1992)
Children2
Alma materSt Aidan's College, Durham (BA)
Websitewww.grahambrady.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Graham Stuart Brady, Baron Brady of Altrincham, PC (born 20 May 1967), is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the chairman of the 1922 Committee from 2010 to 2024, except for a brief period during the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.

Brady served as a shadow minister under four Conservative leaders before resigning in 2007 in protest at David Cameron's opposition to grammar schools. On 1 December 2010, Brady was voted "Backbencher of the Year" by The Spectator at its annual parliamentary awards.

During his tenure as 1922 Committee chairman, Brady has overseen the election of three Conservative Party leaders and Prime Ministers (Theresa May, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak)[a] as well as votes of no confidence in May and Boris Johnson.

Brady stepped down as an MP at the 2024 general election and was appointed to the House of Lords.


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