Chris Grayling
Chris Grayling (born 1 April 1962) has been the Conservative MP for Epsom and Ewell since 2001, and has been the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice since 2012.
Political career
Grayling has been the MP for Epsom and Ewell since the 2001 general election and has been an active local MP, involved in several important campaigns including the battle to secure the future of Epsom Hospital. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. He has also held a number of shadow front bench posts, including Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.
Education
Grayling was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe before going to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, where he studied History. After university, he joined the BBC’s News Training Scheme, and worked as a producer on BBC News and Channel Four’s programme Business Daily. Chris has written several books, including a history of the Bridgwater Canal, Anglo-American relations, and life in England after the First World War.
