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[[Chris Grayling]] was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State For Justice in September 2012.<ref name="GuardianReshuffle">Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet?CMP=twt_gu Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?], guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.</ref>
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[[Image:Chris_Grayling_Official.jpg‎|left|thumb|Chris Grayling]]  
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'''Chris Grayling''' was appointed Secretary of State for Transport by Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] on 14 July 2016, leaving his post as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons which he took up after the 2015 general election. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36785814 'Who's in and who's out? May's new cabinet', 14 July 2016], ''BBC News'', accessed 15 July 2016</ref>
  
He had previously been appointed a Minister of State at the [[Department of Work and Pensions]] in the incoming coalition government in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref>
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He had previously worked as the minister of state at the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] in the coalition government in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> He was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State For Justice in September 2012.<ref name="GuardianReshuffle">Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet?CMP=twt_gu Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?], guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.</ref>
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Grayling has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Epsom and Ewell since 2001. In the 2015 election he retained his seat with a majority of 24,423. <ref> [http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/election-2015-conservative-chris-grayling-9038666 Election 2015: Conservative Chris Grayling retains Epsom & Ewell constituency] ''getSurrey'', 7 May 2015, accessed 14 May 2015 </ref>
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==Dinner with lobbyists==
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Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. It revealed that Grayling sat with [[Patsy Baker]] of [[Bell Pottinger Communications]].<ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref>
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==Special advisers==
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*[[Simon Jones]] since 2015
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*[[Emma Boon]] (former SpAd to [[Elizabeth Truss]])
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===Former===
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*[[Amy Fisher]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:59, 19 October 2017

Chris Grayling

Chris Grayling was appointed Secretary of State for Transport by Prime Minister Theresa May on 14 July 2016, leaving his post as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons which he took up after the 2015 general election. [1]

He had previously worked as the minister of state at the Department for Work and Pensions in the coalition government in May 2010.[2] He was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State For Justice in September 2012.[3]

Grayling has been the Conservative Party MP for Epsom and Ewell since 2001. In the 2015 election he retained his seat with a majority of 24,423. [4]

Dinner with lobbyists

Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the Guardian. It revealed that Grayling sat with Patsy Baker of Bell Pottinger Communications.[5]

Special advisers

Former

Affiliations

Notes

  1. 'Who's in and who's out? May's new cabinet', 14 July 2016, BBC News, accessed 15 July 2016
  2. Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments, guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.
  3. Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?, guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.
  4. Election 2015: Conservative Chris Grayling retains Epsom & Ewell constituency getSurrey, 7 May 2015, accessed 14 May 2015
  5. Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn The Guardian, 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014