Editing Greg Hands (section)

===In government===
====Cameron–Clegg coalition====
At the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Hands was elected as MP for the newly created constituency of [[Chelsea and Fulham]], winning with 60.5% of the vote and a majority of 16,722.<ref name="electoralcalculus2010">{{cite web |title=Election Data 2010 |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-date=26 July 2013 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]}}</ref> After the election, Hands served as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the [[chancellor of the exchequer]] [[George Osborne]], having shadowed the [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] in opposition.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8bc18e16-f7c6-11e4-9beb-00144feab7de |title=Profiles: David Cameron's ministerial line-up |work=Financial Times |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=9 February 2017 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f221f654-f8a5-11dd-aae8-000077b07658.html |title=Brown slow to defend bail-out chief |work=Financial Times |date=12 February 2009 |access-date=9 February 2017 |url-access=subscription}}{{dead link|date=July 2019}}</ref>

On 14 October 2011, Hands was appointed as an [[Chief Whip|assistant government whip]] in the House of Commons as a consequence of the mini-reshuffle following the resignation of [[Liam Fox]] as [[Secretary of State for Defence]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments |title=Ministerial Appointments |work=GOV.UK |date=14 October 2011}}</ref>

In 2013, Hands voted in favour of legalising [[same-sex marriage]] in England and Wales.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21346694|publisher=BBC News|access-date=9 September 2019|title=MP-by-MP: Gay marriage vote|date=5 February 2013}}</ref>

Hands was appointed Government Deputy Chief Whip and [[Treasurer of the Household]] in October 2013. In March 2014, he was sworn as a [[Privy Counsellor]], entitling him to the style "[[The Right Honourable]]" for life.<ref name="O5Mar14">{{Cite web |title=Orders for 5 March 2014 |url=http://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/orders-in-council-5-mar-2014.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109181300/http://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/orders-in-council-5-mar-2014.pdf |archive-date=9 November 2015 |access-date=10 October 2022 |publisher=Privy Council Office}}</ref>

====Majority Cameron government====
At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], Hands was re-elected as MP as Chelsea and Fulham with an increased vote share of 62.9% and a decreased majority of 16,022.<ref name="electoralcalculus2015">{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]}}</ref><ref>election result {{cite web |title=General Election 7 May 2015 - Hammersmith & Fulham |url=https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Council_and_Democracy/Democracy_and_Elections/Electoral_services/Useful_links/195233_General_Election_7_May_2015_results.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208052356/http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Council_and_Democracy/Democracy_and_Elections/Electoral_services/Useful_links/195233_General_Election_7_May_2015_results.asp |archive-date=2015-12-08 |access-date=2015-08-21}} 3Aug15</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea & Fulham parliamentary constituency - Election 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000629 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111095533/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000629 |archive-date=11 November 2017 |access-date=24 April 2018 |via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Following the election, Hands was promoted by David Cameron to the Cabinet in the position of [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]].

Hands campaigned for the UK to remain in the European Union in the [[2016 Brexit referendum]].<ref name="BBC News"/> In the lead-up to the referendum, Hands led the [[Chelsea and Fulham]] [[Britain Stronger in Europe]] campaign.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1082749114155188229|last=Hands|first=Greg|user=GregHands|title=I led the Remain campaign locally|date=8 January 2019|access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref> During the campaign, Hands issued warnings of the consequences for the UK should it leave the European Union, saying that the country would face "profound consequences" including "fewer jobs, higher prices in our shops and less money for our public services like the [[NHS]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=MP campaigns against Brexit, says could cost 100k jobs & harm NHS|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/mp-fulham-campaign-against-brexit-11276971|last=Cooper|first=Goolistan|date=7 May 2016|website=getwestlondon|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> A strong advocate of [[international trade]], he described the European Union's [[European single market|Single Market]] as being the "most complete commitment to free trade that exists".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Swinford|first=Steven|date=3 May 2016|title=Brexit will cost 100,000 jobs, Cabinet minister warns|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/02/brexit-will-cost-100000-jobs-cabinet-minister-warns/|access-date=22 May 2020|issn=0307-1235|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

====May government====
[[File:Batyr Bazarov with Greg Hands in London - 2018 (39809461172).jpg|thumb|265x265px|left|Hands meeting [[Ministry of Finance (Turkmenistan)|Turkmenistani Minister of Finance and Economy]] [[Batyr Bazarov]] in London on 22 January 2018]]

In the 2016 reshuffle following the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU referendum]] and [[Theresa May]]'s appointment as prime minister, he was made [[Minister of State for Trade Policy]] at the newly formed [[Department for International Trade]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36811991|work=BBC News|access-date=8 July 2019|title=PM Theresa May makes more ministerial changes|date=17 July 2016}}</ref>

Following the referendum, Hands argued that the UK should leave the European Union with a deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greghands.com/news/september-brexit-update-greg-hands|title=September Brexit Update from Greg Hands|work=Greg Hands MP|date=6 September 2019}}</ref> To justify his changed position regarding the UK outside of the European Union, Hands argued that in "the long term" the UK could "independently conclude better contracts with third countries".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Brexit: Wahlkampf mit dem Konservativen Greg Hands|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/brexit-im-wahlkampf-mit-tory-politiker-greg-hands-a-1300489.html|last=Reichert|first=Isabella|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=11 December 2019 |language=de|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> Hands voted against the Withdrawal Agreement in the first Meaningful Vote, but voted in favour of it in the second and third meaningful votes, stating that the deal had been improved.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47748806|work=BBC News|access-date=9 September 2019|title=Brexit: How did my MP vote on the withdrawal agreement?|date=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greghands.com/news/summer-brexit-update-greg-hands-mp|title=Summer Brexit Update from Greg Hands MP|work=Greg Hands MP|date=20 August 2019}}</ref>

At the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Hands was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 52.6% and a decreased majority of 8,188.<ref>{{cite web |title=Candidates for Chelsea and Fulham Constituency 2017 general election |url=https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/press-release/candidates-chelsea-and-fulham-constituency-2017-general-election |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909190311/https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/press-release/candidates-chelsea-and-fulham-constituency-2017-general-election |archive-date=9 September 2017 |access-date=14 May 2017 |website=Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea and Fulham Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000629 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508044223/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000629 |archive-date=2015-05-08 |website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205506/http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=2018-02-25 |access-date=2018-02-25}}</ref>

Following the [[Grenfell Tower fire]] which killed 71 people, Hands called for the [[Notting Hill Carnival]] to be moved. He said, "We have to ask ourselves if it is appropriate to stage a Carnival in the near proximity of a major national disaster." The [[mayor of London]], [[Sadiq Khan]], dismissed Hands' proposal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/07/sadiq-khan-rejects-call-to-move-notting-hill-carnival-after-grenfell-fire|access-date=8 July 2019|title=Sadiq Khan rejects call to move Notting Hill carnival after Grenfell fire|date=7 July 2017|work=The Guardian|first=Kevin|last=Rawlinson}}</ref><ref name="independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/notting-hill-carnival-moving-grenfell-tower-fire-sadiq-khan-greg-hands-tory-minister-government-a7828626.html |title=Tory minister wants to move Notting Hill Carnival because of Grenfell Tower fire disaster |work=The Independent |date=7 July 2017 |first=Lucy |last=Pasha-Robinson |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>

On 21 June 2018, Hands resigned his ministerial post to vote against a [[Expansion of Heathrow Airport|third runway]] at [[Heathrow Airport]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44561170|work=BBC News|access-date=8 July 2019|title=Greg Hands quits as minister over Heathrow expansion|date=21 June 2018}}</ref>

Following the third defeat of the [[Brexit withdrawal agreement]] in the House of Commons in March 2019, Hands co-chaired the Prosperity UK Alternative Arrangements Commission. This body looked at alternatives to the [[Irish backstop]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/brexit/tory-mp-greg-hands-weve-found-a-solution-to-the-brexit-backstop-38429347|work=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=9 September 2019|title=Tory MP Greg Hands: We've found a solution to the Brexit backstop|date=23 August 2019}}</ref>

Alongside former neighbouring MPs [[Justine Greening]] and [[Zac Goldsmith]], Hands has been critical of the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]'s April 2019 decision to close [[Hammersmith Bridge]] to motor vehicles, and has called for the bridge to be promptly repaired and re-opened.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/we-demand-hammersmith-bridge-repaired-16154295|work=MyLondon|access-date=9 September 2019|title='We demand Hammersmith Bridge is repaired and re-opened' say MPs|last=Sheppard|first=Owen|date=19 April 2019}}</ref>

During the [[2019 Conservative Party leadership election|2019 Conservative leadership election]], Hands was one of the first MPs to declare their support for [[Jeremy Hunt]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/i-cannot-imagine-a-better-prime-minister-than-jeremy-hunt-vbxn28phw|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=9 September 2019|title=I cannot imagine a better prime minister than Jeremy Hunt|last=Hands|first=Greg|date=4 June 2019|url-access=subscription}}</ref> During the campaign, Hands wrote to [[Boris Johnson]] requesting that he review the Government's decision to build a [[Expansion of Heathrow Airport|third runway]] at [[Heathrow Airport]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1142724398618689536|last=Hands|first=Greg|user=GregHands|title=I have today written to @BorisJohnson asking him to set up a Review into the Heathrow 3rd Runway, similar to the one he announced yesterday on HS2, if he becomes Prime Minister.|date=23 June 2019|access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref> Hunt ultimately lost the contest to Johnson in the final round.

====Johnson government====
Hands was again re-elected at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], with a decreased vote share of 49.9% and an increased majority of 11,241.<ref>{{cite web |title=Candidates for Chelsea and Fulham Constituency 2019 general election |url=https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/sites/default/files/section_attachments/chelsea_and_fulham_statement_of_persons_nominated_general_election_2019.pdf |access-date=15 Nov 2019 |website=London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC News: Chelsea & Fulham Parliamentary constituency|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000629|date=December 2019|website=BBC News}}</ref>

Hands was appointed [[Minister of State for Trade Policy]] in the [[second Johnson ministry]] during the [[2020 British cabinet reshuffle|2020 cabinet reshuffle]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/greg-hands|access-date=7 May 2020|work=GOV.UK|title=Minister of State for Trade Policy|date=23 February 2020}}</ref>

In May 2020, Parliament's [[Standards and Privileges Committee]] censured Hands for misusing public funds relating to stationery and pre-paid [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] envelopes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/290/committee-on-standards/news/115157/committee-on-standards-publishes-report-on-greg-hands/|access-date=7 May 2020|work=UK Parliament|title=Committee on Standards Publishes Report on Greg Hands|date=4 May 2020}}</ref> In November 2021, Hands followed his party [[three line whip]] to vote to overhaul the Standards and Privileges Committee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2021-11-03c.938.0&s=%22You+might+find+it+shameful%2C+but+I+think+I+am+in+charge.%22#g968.1|access-date=4 November 2021|work=TheyWorkForYou|publisher=mySociety|title=Committee on Standards – Motion as amended|date=3 November 2021}}</ref>

==== Truss government ====
Hands was appointed [[Minister of State for Trade Policy]] on 9 October 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63194208|title=Greg Hands named trade minister after Conor Burns sacking|date=9 October 2022|work=BBC News}}</ref>

==== Sunak government ====
Following the firing of [[Nadhim Zahawi]] in January 2023, Hands was appointed as his replacement as [[Chairman of the Conservative Party]] in a subsequent cabinet reshuffle. As chairman, Hands was responsible for party administration and the organisation of the [[Conservative Campaign Headquarters]].<ref name="Hands Chairman Appointment" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sparrow |first=Andrew |date=2023-02-07 |title=Rishi Sunak reshuffle: Greg Hands set to be next Tory party chair, reports say – live updates |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/feb/07/rishi-sunak-to-hold-limited-cabinet-shuffle-zahawi-dominic-raab-uk-politics-live |access-date=2023-02-07 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In the [[November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle]], Hands was replaced as Conservative Party chairman, and Hands returned to the role of Minister of State for Trade Policy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-november-2023|title=Ministerial appointments: November 2023|publisher=www.gov.uk|date=13 November 2023|access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref> Returning to his previous brief, he joked, "I even kept my business cards from last time."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Jennifer |date=14 November 2023 |title=Rishi Sunak's reshuffle: David Cameron makes surprise return as foreign secretary - here's who is in and out of cabinet |url=https://news.sky.com/story/david-cameron-appointed-foreign-secretary-in-shock-cabinet-reshuffle-move-13007124 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> Hands was made Minister of London as well.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/paul-scully-london-mp-tory-mayoral-candidate-susan-hall-rishi-sunak-reshuffle-b1120160.html|title=Former Tory Party chairman Greg Hands becomes minister for London after Paul Scully ousted|first=Jitendra|last=Joshi|publisher=Evening Standard|date=14 November 2023|access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref>