Supper with Graham Brady MP
Chairman of the 1922 Committee
Monday 1st October 2012
8pm
Grosvenor Hall, BCM, Glengall Street
Buffet Style Main Meal - choice of Beef Casserole or Chicken and Ham pie (or vegetarian)
Side Salad, Crusty Bread and Tea and Coffee
£17.50
Graham Brady is Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West. He served as a shadow minister for Europe under four Conservative leaders before resigning in 2007 in protest at David Cameron's opposition to grammar schools. He succeeded Sir Michael Spicer as chairman of the 1922 Committee on 26 May 2010. On the 1 December 2010 Mr Brady was voted "Backbencher of the Year" by The Spectator at their annual parliamentary awards.
Graham Brady was born in Salford, and was educated at theAltrinchamGrammar Schoolfor Boys and theUniversityofDurham. He was appointed a consultant in public relations with Shandwick plc in 1989. He joined the Centre for Policy Studies in 1990. He was appointed Director of public affairs at the Watership Partnership in 1992, where he remained until elected toWestminsterin 1997. He is now Chairman of the 1922 Committee.
He became the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Chairman of the Conservative Party, Michael Ancram in 1999. He was made an Opposition Whip by William Hague in 2000, and later in the year became an Opposition Spokesman on Education and Employment. After the 2001 General Election he was the Opposition Spokesman on Education and Skills under both Hague and Iain Duncan Smith. He became the PPS to the Leader of the Opposition, Michael Howard in 2003, and an Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Shadow Europe Minister in 2004.
Commons Select Committees: Education and Employment 1997–2001, Education and Employment (Employment Sub-Committee) 1997–2001, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2004–05, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Urban Affairs Sub-Committee) 2004–05, Treasury 2007-
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