Grant Shapps is Shadow Housing Minister, attending the Shadow Cabinet, and MP for Welwyn Hatfield, a seat he first fought in 2001. In the 1997 General Election Grant challenged the Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes MP in his North Southwark & Bermondsey seat.
Grant was a member of the Public Administration Select Committee between May 2005 and spring 2007. In December 2005, he was appointed as a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party, with responsibility for campaigning (including parliamentary by-elections) and in July 2007 Grant was promoted to Shadow Housing Minister.
Grant was born in Hertfordshire in 1968. He was educated at Watford Grammar, before studying Business & Finance at Manchester in the late 1980s. In 1990, Grant founded his own printing company at the age of just 21. Originally started as a small printing shop, PrintHouse Corporation has grown into a major commercial design, print & web development company.
Grant married Belinda in 1997. The couple live in Welwyn Hatfield and play an active role in the community. They have a young boy named Hadley and baby twins, born April 2004, called Tabytha and Noa. Grant holds a pilot's licence and enjoys general aviation as a pastime.
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