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	== Personal Life ==		== Personal Life ==
	In April 1987 Grayling married Susan Clare Dillistone in Surrey and they have a daughter, Laura (born December 1992), and a son, Matthew (born August 1996). He supports ] and can boast that he once hit a ] off the ]n ] ].<ref>], ] show</ref>.		In April 1987 Grayling married Susan Clare Dillistone in Surrey and they have a daughter, Laura (born December 1992), and a son, Matthew (born August 1996). He supports ] and can boast that he once hit a ] off the ]n ] ].<ref>], ] show</ref>.

	===Expenses claims===
	Chris Grayling reportedly claimed to renovate a flat in London, despite already owning three properties inside the ]. Grayling is also said to have continued to claim for works on the property for up to a year after they had finished. Grayling defended his claims, saying he needed to have two homes in order to serve both his constituents and fulfil his duties in the Shadow Cabinet. Grayling made these claims despite living less than 25 miles from parliament, a distance described as 'indefensible and outrageous' when claiming a second home according to one major newspaper. He recently closed the comments section of his website due to adverse comment. <ref>{{cite web\|last=Watt \|first=Holly \|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5305242/Chris-Grayling-claimed-for-London-flat-despite-nearby-constituency-home-MPs-expenses.html \|title=Daily Telegraph: Chris Grayling (11 May 2009) \|publisher=Telegraph.co.uk \|date=2006-02-22 \|accessdate=2009-05-13}}</ref>

	== Styles ==		== Styles ==

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Chris GraylingMP

Shadow Home Secretary
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 January 2009
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Dominic Grieve
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office 2 July 2007 – 19 January 2009
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Philip Hammond
Succeeded by	Theresa May
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
In office 6 December 2005 – 2 July 2007
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Tim Yeo
Succeeded by	Theresa Villiers
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
In office 10 May 2005 – 6 December 2005
Leader	Michael Howard
Preceded by	Oliver Heald
Succeeded by	Theresa May
Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Archie Hamilton
Majority	16,447 (33.0%)

Personal details
Born	(1962-04-01) 1 April 1962 (age 62) Marylebone, London
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Susan Clare Dillistone
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Christopher Stephen "Chris" Grayling (born 1 April 1962) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell and the Shadow Home Secretary.

Early life

Chris Grayling was born in London and grew up in Buckinghamshire. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1984. He joined BBC News in 1985 as a trainee, becoming a producer in 1986, he left the BBC in 1988 to join Channel 4 as an editor on its Business Daily programme. He rejoined the BBC in 1991 as a business development manager on BBC Select. On leaving the BBC in 1993, he ran some television production companies, including managing the corporate communications division of Workhouse Ltd from 1992-5 and SSVC Group in Gerrards Cross from 1995-7. He became a management consultant in 1997 with Burson Marsteller, where he remained until his election to Westminster.

Prior to joining the Conservative Party, Grayling was a member of the Social Democratic Party, along with a number of other Cameron frontbenchers.

Councillor

Grayling was selected to contest the Labour-held marginal seat of Warrington South at the 1997 General Election, but was defeated by Labour candidate Helen Southworth by 10,807 votes. He was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Merton in 1998 and remained on the council until 2002.

Member of Parliament

He was elected to the House of Commons for the Surrey seat of Epsom and Ewell at the 2001 General Election following the retirement of the veteran Tory MP Archie Hamilton. Grayling held the seat with a majority of 10,080 and has remained the MP there since. He made his maiden speech on 25 June 2001. In the constituency, he is praised for his long-running campaign to retain the local Epsom Hospital's emergency department.

Shadow Cabinet

He served as a member of the environment, transport and the regions select committee from 2001 until he was promoted to the Opposition Whips' Office by Iain Duncan Smith in 2002, moving to become a spokesman on health later in the year. He became a spokesman on education and skills by Michael Howard in 2003, and following the 2005 General Election he became a member of Howard's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, and since the election of David Cameron as the leader of the Conservative Party in December 2005 he has served as the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport. In June 2007, he was made Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, a post he held until January 2009 when he became Shadow Home Secretary.

Personal Life

In April 1987 Grayling married Susan Clare Dillistone in Surrey and they have a daughter, Laura (born December 1992), and a son, Matthew (born August 1996). He supports Manchester United F.C. and can boast that he once hit a four off the Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee..

Styles

Mr Chris Grayling (1962–2001)
Mr Chris Grayling MP (2001–)

Publications

The Bridgewater Heritage: The Story of Bridgwater Estates by Chris Grayling, 1983, Bridgewater Estates PLC
A Land Fit for Heroes: Life in England After the Great War by Christopher Grayling, 1985, Buchan & Enright ISBN 0-907675-68-9
Holt's: The Story of Joseph Holt by Christopher Grayling, 1985, Joseph Holt PLC
Just Another Star?: Anglo-American Relations Since 1945 by Christopher Grayling and Christopher Langdon, 1987, Virgin Books ISBN 0-245-54603-0
Insight Guide Waterways of Europe contribution by Chris Grayling, 1989, Apa Publications ISBN 0-88729-825-7