GRANT, Helen

Member for Maidstone and the Weald since 2010. Committees: Member, All- Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces (Vice-Chairman of Army Section); Member, Justice Select Committee. Political career: MP, Maidstone of the Weald since 2010; PPC, Maidstone of the Weald 2008-10. Special Political Interests: Justice; armed services; business and enterprise; women, children and families; social mobility; crime, law and order. Profession/Trade: Solicitor. Education: College of Law, Solicitors Finals; University of Hull, Law Degree; Trinity Comprehensive, Carlisle, A-levels. Affiliations: Member, Law Society; Member, CSJ Family Law Reform Commission; Patron, Tomorrows People (Maidstone Branch) Charitable Trust. Contributor/Co-author of: Every Family Matters (2009); Breakthrough Britain (2007); State of the Nation - Fractured Families ( 2006). Hobbies: Tennis, films, major sporting events. b. 28 September 1961, London. Married with two children.