Graham Stuart Brady (born May 20, 1967) is a British politician and the Conservative Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... The Conservative Party is one of the two largest political parties in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Altrincham and Sale West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Graham Brady was born in salford and was educated at the Altrincham Grammar School and St Aidan's College, University of Durham, and he graduated in Law in 1989. While at Durham he was Chairman of the university's Conservative Association in 1987. He was appointed a consultant in public relations with Shandwick plc in 1989. He joined the Centre for Policy Studies in 1990. He was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Berkshire East Conservative Association in 1992. He was appointed Director of public affairs at the Watership Partnership in 1992, where he remained until elected to Westminster in 1997. Some of the 1960s built high rise apartment blocks that have had recent multi-million Pound refurbishment Salford is a city in the north-west of England. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of Altrincham Borough Council Altrincham (pronounced Oltringum) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester in the north-west of England, approximately eight miles south-west of Manchester and falls within the Manchester urban area. ... A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries; some of which date back to earlier than the 16th century. ... St Aidans College is a college of the University of Durham in England. ... Durham University is a university in England. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... A consultant (from the latin consultus meaning legal expert) is a professional who provides expert advice in a particular domain or area of expertise such as accountancy, technology, the law, human resources, marketing, medicine, finance, public affairs, communication, or more esoteric areas of knowledge, for example engineering of different kinds... Public relations is the art and science of building relationships between an organization and its key publics. ... The Centre for Policy Studies is a United Kingdom-based think tank. ... Public affairs is a catch-all term that includes public policy as well as public administration, both of which are closely related to and draw upon the fields of political science as well as economics. ... The Palace of Westminster, known also as the Houses of Parliament, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) conduct their sittings. ...

He was selected to contest the Altrincham and Sale West parliamentary constituency following the retirement of the veteran Conservative MP Fergus Montgomery. The 1997 General Election proved to be a close battle, but Graham Brady held on and was elected as the Conservative MP for Altrincham and Sale West with a majority of 1,505. He made his maiden speech on June 2, 1997. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Sir William Fergus Montgomery was a Conservative member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Following his election, Graham Brady became a Member of the Education and Employment Select 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 since 2004 has been an Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs and is the Shadow Europe Minister. Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of the Conservative Party is responsible for running the party machine, overseeing Conservative Central Office. ... Michael Ancram The Most Honourable Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, PC, QC (born 7 July 1945), known as Michael Ancram, is a UK Conservative Party politician. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and currently Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... Rt. ... The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... The Rt. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... The European Union (EU) is an intergovernmental and supranational union of 25 democratic member states from the European continent. ...

Graham Brady married Victoria Lowther in 1992 and they have a son and a daughter. He is the only Conservative MP in Greater Manchester and was the youngest Conservative elected in 1997. Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ...

External links

• Graham Brady MP official site
• ePolitix.com - Graham Brady MP
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Graham Brady MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Graham Brady MP
• The Public Whip - Graham Brady MP voting record
• BBC News - Graham Brady profile 10 February, 2005