Editing Chris Grayling (section)

{{short description|British politician (born 1962)}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = The Lord Grayling
| honorific_suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|PC}}
| image               = Official portrait of Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP crop 2.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2020
| office1             = [[Secretary of State for Transport]]
| primeminister1      = [[Theresa May]]
| term_start1         = 14 July 2016
| term_end1           = 24 July 2019
| predecessor1        = [[Patrick McLoughlin]]
| successor1          = [[Grant Shapps]]
| office2             = [[Leader of the House of Commons]]
| primeminister2      = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start2         = 9 May 2015
| term_end2           = 13 July 2016
| predecessor2        = [[William Hague]]
| successor2          = [[David Lidington]]
| office3             = [[Lord President of the Council]]
| primeminister3      = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start3         = 9 May 2015
| term_end3           = 14 July 2016
| predecessor3        = [[Nick Clegg]]
| successor3          = [[David Lidington]]
| office              = {{ubl|[[Secretary of State for Justice]]|[[Lord Chancellor]]}}
| primeminister       = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start          = 4 September 2012
| term_end            = 9 May 2015
| predecessor         = [[Kenneth Clarke]]
| successor           = [[Michael Gove]]
| office5             = [[Minister of State for Employment]]
| primeminister5      = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start5         = 13 May 2010
| term_end5           = 4 September 2012
| predecessor5        = [[Jim Knight]]
| successor5          = [[Mark Hoban]] {{collapsed infobox section begin|[[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|Shadow Cabinet]] positions}}
| office6             = [[Shadow Home Secretary]]
| leader6             = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start6         = 19 January 2009
| term_end6           = 11 May 2010
| predecessor6        = [[Dominic Grieve]]
| successor6          = [[Alan Johnson]]
| office7             = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]]
| leader7             = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start7         = 2 July 2007
| term_end7           = 19 January 2009
| predecessor7        = [[Philip Hammond]]
| successor7          = [[Theresa May]]
| office8             = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Transport]]
| leader8             = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start8         = 6 December 2005
| term_end8           = 2 July 2007
| predecessor8        = [[Tim Yeo]]
| successor8          = [[Theresa Villiers]]
| office9             = [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]]
| leader9             = [[Michael Howard]]
| term_start9         = 10 May 2005
| term_end9           = 6 December 2005
| predecessor9        = [[Oliver Heald]]
| successor9          = [[Theresa May]]
{{collapsed infobox section end}}
| office10            = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br />[[Lord Temporal]]
| term_start10        = 20 August 2024<br />[[Life peer]]age
| parliament11        = United Kingdom
| constituency_MP11   = Epsom and Ewell
| term_start11        = 7 June 2001
| term_end11          = 30 May 2024
| predecessor11       = [[Archie Hamilton]]
| successor11         = [[Helen Maguire]]
| birth_name          = Christopher Stephen Grayling
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1962|4|1|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[London]], England
| party               = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (1988–present)
| otherparty          = [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]] (before 1988)
| spouse              = Susan Dillistone
| residence           = [[Ashtead]], [[Surrey]], England
| children            = 2
| alma_mater          = [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]]
}}

'''Christopher Stephen Grayling, Baron Grayling''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|PC}} (born 1 April 1962), is a British politician and author who served as [[Secretary of State for Justice]] from 2012 to 2015, [[Leader of the House of Commons]] from 2015 to 2016 and [[Secretary of State for Transport]] from 2016 until 2019. A member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], he served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)|Epsom and Ewell]] from 2001 to 2024. Before entering politics, Grayling worked in the television and film industry.

Grayling was born in London and studied history at [[Cambridge University]]. He wrote a number of books as well as working for the [[BBC]] and [[Channel 4]] before going into politics. A member of the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] until 1988, he then joined the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]. First elected to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] in the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]] for [[Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)|Epsom and Ewell]], he was appointed to the [[Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron]] in 2005 as [[Shadow Secretary of State for Transport]]. In 2007, he became the [[Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]], and in 2009 he was appointed [[Shadow Home Secretary]].

Following the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] and the formation of the [[Cameron–Clegg coalition]], Grayling was made [[Minister of State]] [[Department for Work and Pensions|for Employment]]. In September 2012, he was appointed to the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] as [[Lord Chancellor]] and [[Secretary of State for Justice]] and served until 2015. He was the first non-lawyer to have served as Lord Chancellor for at least 440 years. He was [[Leader of the House of Commons]] and the [[Lord President of the Council]] from 2015 to 2016. In the [[First May ministry|majority]] and [[Second May ministry|minority May governments]], Grayling served as [[Secretary of State for Transport]].

Grayling stood down from the Cabinet when [[Boris Johnson]] became Prime Minister in July 2019. Johnson hoped for Grayling to become Chair of the [[Intelligence and Security Committee]] by being voted in by the Conservative majority on the committee. However, fellow Conservative [[Julian Lewis]] defeated Grayling in the ballot by using opposition votes to secure a majority, in what was seen as a blow to Johnson and his adviser [[Dominic Cummings]]. Six weeks later, Grayling resigned from the committee apparently due to his failure to become chair. He stood down at the 2024 general election and was appointed to the [[House of Lords]].