Gregory Stafford | |
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Assistant Whip in the Opposition Whips' Office (Commons) | |
Assumed office 18 November 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Farnham and Bordon | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 1,349 (2.5%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Conservative |
Relatives | Alexander Stafford (brother) |
Education | St Benedict's School,Ealing |
Alma mater | St Peter's College,Oxford |
Website | Official website |
Gregory James Stafford [1] is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Farnham and Bordon since 2024. [2] He is a member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee [3] and an Opposition Assistant Whip. [4]
Stafford was a councillor for the Hanger Hill ward in the London Borough of Ealing from 2007 to 2024,and was both leader of the Conservatives group and Leader of the Opposition from 2014 until 2022. He was Chairman of Conservative Future in West London.
His brother,Alexander Stafford,served as Conservative MP for Rother Valley from 2019 to 2024. [5]
Born in Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, [6] he attended St Benedict's School,a Catholic independent school,and later studied Modern History at St Peter's College,Oxford. [7] [8]
He has strong familial ties to his seat,with his paternal grandparents owning the former Stafford's Sweet Shop in Haslemere. [9] [10]
Stafford's mother's family immigrated from Ukraine after the Second World War to Witley, [6] located in the neighbouring constituency of Godalming and Ash.
Stafford was elected as the first Parliamentary representative for the new Farnham and Bordon constituency in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
He sits as one of the two Conservative MPs on the Commons' Health and Social Care Select Committee. [3]
Along with eight others from the new intake of Conservatives MPs,Stafford was appointed to the Opposition Whips' Office by Kemi Badenoch [4] in November 2024.
He is an officer of four All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) for:
He was elected by his colleagues in the Conservative Party to the executive committee of the 1922 Committee shortly after the general election.
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