Rt Hon Grant Shapps

Grant Shapps

Constituency

Welwyn Hatfield

Party

Conservative

Address as

Mr Shapps

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8497
shappsg@parliament.uk

Constituency

Welwyn Hatfield Conservative Association, Maynard House, The Common, Hatfield, AL10 0NF
Tel: 01707 262632
Fax: 01707 263892
sandra@welhatconservatives.com

Biography

Electoral history

Contested North Southwark and Bermondsey 1997 and Welwyn Hatfield 2001 general elections. Member for Welwyn Hatfield since 5 May 2005 general election

Parliamentary career

Shadow Minister for Housing (attending Shadow Cabinet) 2007-10; Minister of State for Housing and Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government 2010-12; Member Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 2010-12; Minister without Portfolio, Cabinet Office 2012-

Party groups

Branch chair, Barnhill, Brent North 1995-99; Member: Conservative Friends of Israel 1995, Selsdon Group 1996, Conservative Foreign Affairs Forum 1996; Vice-President, North Southwark and Bermondsey Association 1997; Vice-chair, (Campaigning) Conservative Party 2005-09; Chairman, Conservative Party 2012-

Select committees

Member: Public Administration 2005-07

Political interests

Health, education, home affairs, foreign affairs

General Election 2010 - Welwyn Hatfield

Name Party Votes %
Shapps, Grant Con 27894 56.83%
Hobday, Mike Lab 10471 21.33%
Zukowskyj, Paul Lib Dem 8010 16.32%
Platt, David UKIP 1643 3.35%
Weston, Jill Green 796 1.62%
Parker, Nigel Ind 158 0.32%
Result Con Hold (11.13% from Lab to Con)