Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 7107
Fax: 020 7219 2806
helen.grant.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
Maidstone and The Weald Conservative Association, 3 Albion Place, Maidstone, ME14 5DY
Tel: 01622 769898
Fax: 01622 764427
Biography
Electoral history
Member for Maidstone and The Weald since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State:
(Women and Equalities), Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Ministry of Justice 2012-,
(Minister for Victims and the Courts), Ministry of Justice 2012-
Party groups
Member, Labour Party 2004-05;
Conservative Party:
Member 2006-,
Deputy Chair, diversity group, Croydon Central and Croydon South Conservative Federation 2006-08,
Special adviser to Oliver Letwin MP as Chair of Party Policy Review 2006-,
Member, Social Mobility Task Force 2007-08
Select committees
Member: Justice 2010-11
Councils, public bodies
Non-executive director, Croydon NHS Primary Care Trust 2005-07
Political interests
Justice, business and enterprise, crime, law and order, women, children and families, social mobility
Countries of interest
Chagos Islands/Diego Garcia, India, Nigeria
General Election 2010 - Maidstone and The Weald
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Grant, Helen |
Con |
23491 |
47.94% |
| Carroll, Peter |
Lib Dem |
17602 |
35.93% |
| Seeruthun, Rav |
Lab/Co-op |
4769 |
9.74% |
| Kendall, Gareth |
UKIP |
1637 |
3.35% |
| Jeffery, Stuart |
Green |
655 |
1.34% |
| Butler, Gary |
NF |
643 |
1.32% |
| Simmonds, Heidi |
Christian |
131 |
0.27% |
| Result |
Con Hold (8.49% from Con to Lib Dem) |