Sir Graham Brady

Sir Graham Brady was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West 1997-2024, and was Chairman of the 1922 Committee for 14 years - spanning coalition government, Brexit and five Conservative Prime Ministers. At Sir Graham’s election to Parliament in 1997 aged just 29, he was the youngest Conservative MP in the House, and he has dutifully served his constituency for over 25 years. He served as a whip before holding positions on the Shadow Cabinet under three Conservative leaders while in opposition, including Shadow Minister for Schools and Shadow Europe Minister, stepping down from the frontbench in 2007.

In 2010 he was elected Chairman of the 1922 Committee, the Parliamentary Group of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons, representing the interests of backbench Conservative MPs. He has continued in that position unchallenged since – making him the longest serving Chairman of the 1922 Committee to date. In that time, he has presided over the four changes of Conservative Leader – and thus Prime Minister – and been a key player in one of the most turbulent political periods in British history.

Born in Salford in 1967, Sir Graham studied law at Durham university where he served as Chair of the Durham University Conservative Association. Knighted for political and public service in 2018, Sir Graham was appointed a Privy Counsellor in October 2023. A former Governor of Manchester Metropolitan University, he is patron of the Counselling and Family Centre in Altrincham and a trustee of the Sutton Trust and the Jubilee Centre in Bowdown. He is a keen supporter of Stockdales, a Manchester-based charity supporting children and adults with learning disabilities.

Graham was made a life peer in the Dissolution honours list in 2024.

He is married with two grown-up children.