The Rt Hon. the Lord Grayling
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Grayling's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Grayling. His name is Chris Stephen Grayling, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Party history
2001-06-07 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2016-07-14 → 2019-07-24
Secretary of State for Transport
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-14
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
2012-09-06 → 2015-05-08
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
2010-05-13 → 2012-09-06
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Opposition posts
2009-01-19 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
2007-07-03 → 2009-01-19
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2005-12-08 → 2007-07-03
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
2005-05-10 → 2005-12-08
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
2003-05-10 → 2005-05-10
Shadow Minister (Education)
2002-07-10 → 2002-12-20
Opposition Whip (Commons)
2002-05-10 → 2003-05-10
Shadow Minister (Health)
Committee memberships
2001-07-16 → 2002-07-22
Transport, Local Government & The Regions
2002-07-22 → 2002-12-02
Transport Committee
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-14
House of Commons Commission
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-14
Public Accounts Commission
2015-05-18 → 2016-07-14
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2015-07-16 → 2017-05-03
Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee)
2020-07-13 → 2020-09-16
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
2024-01-22 → 2024-05-30
Environmental Audit Committee
2024-01-22 → 2024-01-22
Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name —
if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different
form, the join may miss; check
/appgs directly.)
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
17 bills
8 as lead sponsor
9 as supporter
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.