Greg Hands

The Right Honourable Greg Hands
Official portrait, 2017
Minister of State for Trade Policy
In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Douglas Alexander
In office 9 October 2022 – 7 February 2023
Prime Minister	Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Conor Burns
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 13 February 2020 – 15 September 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Conor Burns
Succeeded by	Penny Mordaunt
In office 15 July 2016 – 21 June 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	George Hollingbery
Minister for London
In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Paul Scully
In office 13 June 2017 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Gavin Barwell
Succeeded by	Jo Johnson
Cabinet-level offices Chairman of the Conservative Party In office 7 February 2023 – 13 November 2023 Leader Rishi Sunak Preceded by Nadhim Zahawi Succeeded by Richard Holden Minister without Portfolio In office 7 February 2023 – 13 November 2023 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Preceded by Nadhim Zahawi Succeeded by Richard Holden Chief Secretary to the Treasury In office 11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron Preceded by Danny Alexander Succeeded by David Gauke
Junior ministerial offices Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth In office 16 September 2021 – 6 September 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by Anne-Marie Trevelyan Succeeded by Graham Stuart Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household In office 7 October 2013 – 11 May 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron Preceded by John Randall Succeeded by Anne Milton
Member of Parliament for Chelsea and Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham (2005–2010)
In office 5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Iain Coleman
Succeeded by	Ben Coleman
Personal details
Born	(1965-11-14) 14 November 1965 (age 59) New York City, New York, U.S.
Citizenship	British American
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Irina Hundt
Children	2
Residence(s)	Fulham, London, England
Education	Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Alma mater	Robinson College, Cambridge
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Gregory William Hands (born 14 November 1965) is a British politician who served as Minister for London and Minister of State for Trade Policy from November 2023 to July 2024. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelsea and Fulham, previously Hammersmith and Fulham, from 2005 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as its Chairman from February to November 2023.^[1] Hands has served as Minister of State for Trade Policy under four prime ministers, holding the office on four occasions, ranging from 2016 to 2024, and also served as Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth from 2021 to 2022.

Hands was the MP for Chelsea and Fulham from 2010 to 2024; the constituency was created that year by the splitting of the former constituencies of Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham. Prior to these boundary changes, he served as the MP for the Hammersmith and Fulham constituency from 2005.

Hands served in Prime Minister David Cameron's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2015 until 2016. He voted for the UK to remain in the European Union during the 2016 Brexit referendum.^[2] Following the referendum vote and Cameron's consequent resignation, Hands was demoted by the new prime minister Theresa May to a junior ministerial position at the Department for International Trade. Following the snap 2017 general election, Hands retained his position as Minister of State for Trade and Investment but also undertook the Minister for London role, replacing Gavin Barwell who lost his seat. Hands resigned in 2018, citing his opposition to the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport, but returned to the position as Minister of State for Trade Policy in February 2020 under Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

In September 2021, Hands was appointed Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth. Following Johnson's resignation on 6 September 2022, Hands left that position and briefly returned to the backbenches before being appointed to his former role as Minister of State for Trade Policy by Prime Minister Liz Truss on 9 October 2022. Following Truss's resignation, he was retained as Trade Minister by new prime minister Rishi Sunak. Following the dismissal of Nadhim Zahawi in January 2023, Hands was promoted to Chairman of the Conservative Party by Sunak on 7 February 2023, but was sacked from this role on 13 November 2023. The same day, he was appointed to the role of Minister of State for Trade Policy.^[3] He was appointed Minister for London for a second time a day later.

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, he was unseated by Ben Coleman from the Labour Party.^[4]