MP for Maidstone and Malling
Shadow Solicitor General
Helen Grant is the Conservative MP for Maidstone and Malling, first elected in 2010. She has held ministerial roles in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Ministry of Justice, and since November 2024 serves as Shadow Solicitor General.
Her voting record shows 100% party loyalty and 72% attendance, with a small number of rebel votes. She sits at the centrist end of the Conservative spectrum, and her voting on key topics is mixed: generally supporting immigration controls and the Rwanda deportation scheme, while voting against bus services regulation and showing mixed positions on NHS funding, VAT changes and other issues.
She has declared 10 financial interests, including gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources; land and property; a family member employed; miscellaneous interests; and shareholdings.
Generated 21 February 2026
9 positions
Shadow Solicitor General
Since Nov 2024
Nationality and Borders Bill
Sept 2021 - Sept 2021
Vice-Chair, Conservative Party
Jan 2018 - May 2019
Committees on Arms Export Controls
Feb 2016 - Oct 2016
International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact
Jul 2015 - Oct 2016
International Development Committee
Jul 2015 - Oct 2016
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Oct 2013 - Mar 2015
Based on parliamentary votes
has generally voted against universal credit
has voted a mixture of ways on immigration controls
has generally voted against bus services regulation
has generally voted against vat changes
has voted a mixture of ways on asylum system
has voted a mixture of ways on transgender rights
has generally voted against trade union powers
has generally voted against nhs funding
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading