Dr Richard Grayson
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Hemel Hempstead
CONTACT DETAILS |
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| Address: |
FREEPOST 36 Neptune Drive Hemel Hempstead HP2 5BR |
| Tel/Fax: | 01442 235385 |
| Email: | rsgrayson@hhlibdems.org.uk |
PERSONAL DETAILS |
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| Date of Birth: | 18th April 1969 |
| Occupation: | Head of Politics Department and Senior Lecturer in British and Irish Politics, Goldsmiths College, University of London |
| Education: |
Hemel Hempstead School; University of East Anglia; and Oxford University |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Children: | One son |
| Interests: | Queen's Park Rangers F.C.; films; family history; and owner/driver of 1978 MGB GT. |
BIOGRAPHY |
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Dr Richard Grayson married Lucy in 1995, and their son, Edward,
was born in February 2002. They live in Hemel Hempstead, where
Richard was born and brought up. Lucy works in secondary education
as a strategy consultant. In his spare time, Richard is a supporter
of Queen's Park Rangers F.C., a keen watcher of films, and is
researching his family history in Herts, Bucks, Bury and Northern
Ireland. He also drives a newly restored yellow 1978 MGB GT which
is a distinctive sight around Hemel Hempstead. |
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| 1969: | Born in St. Paul’s Hospital, Hemel Hempstead. |
| 1974-80: | Lime Walk JMI School, Bennett’s End. |
| 1980-87: | Hemel Hempstead School, where he was Head Boy in his final year. |
| 1987-91: | Studied English and American History at the University of East Anglia, gaining a First Class Honours Degree. In 1989-90 he was sabbatical General Secretary (equivalent to President at other universities) of the Students’ Union. |
| 1991-92: | National Youth and Student Officer, Liberal Democrat HQ, Westminster. |
| 1992-95: | Studied Modern History at Oxford University and was awarded a doctorate. |
| 1994-98: | University tutor/lecturer at the Open University, University of East Anglia and Buckingham University, and at colleges of Oxford University. In 1997 he published his first book, on British foreign policy in the 1920s. |
| 1998-99: | The first Director of the Centre for Reform, the Liberal Democrat think tank. |
| 1999-2004: | Liberal Democrat Director of Policy. From 1999-2001 he was also Charles Kennedy's principal speech-writer, and in 2001 he published his second book, on the Liberal Party in the 1920s and 1930s. |
| 2004-now: | Department of Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London: Head of Politics Department (2006-9) and currently Senior Lecturer in British and Irish Politics. |
2005 Election in Hemel
