Helen Grant

Biography:

Helen Grant was elected MP for Maidstone & The Weald on May 7th 2015 with 22745 votes, taking 45.5% of the vote.

Born in London, Helen was brought up on the Raffles council estate in Carlisle for much of her early childhood. She represented the County in Hockey, Tennis, Athletics, and Cross-Country. She later became under-16 Judo Champion in North of England and Southern Scotland . Helen moved on to obtain a law degree at the University of Hull, undertook solicitors’ finals at the College of Law in Guildford and qualified as a solicitor in 1988.

Helen is married with two sons. She lives in Marden in Kent and in Kingswood, Surrey, and enjoys tennis, movies, major sporting events and family life.

In 1996 Helen set up Grants Solicitors, a specialist firm focused on dealing with the problems of family breakdown. The practice is now managed by Helen’s husband Simon.

Helen was a non-executive director of the Croydon NHS Primary Care Trust from January 2005 until retiring in March 2007 to concentrate on becoming an MP.

Constituency: Maidstone and The Weald

Constituency Address: Maidstone and The Weald Conservative Association, 3 Albion Place, Maidstone, ME14 5DY

Constituency Tel: 01622 769898

Date of Birth: 28/09/1961

Email: helen.grant.mp@parliament.uk

Party: Conservative

Personal Website: www.helengrant.org

Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel: 020 7219 7107

Twitter: twitter.com/HelenGrantMP

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Helen-Grant/136591316358607