Helen Grant

Biography

Helen Grant (née Okuboye; born 28 September 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and Malling, formerly Maidstone and The Weald, since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, she succeeded Ann Widdecombe, who was first elected in 1987. Grant was the first black woman of mixed heritage to be elected as a Conservative MP and selected as a candidate to stand for a Conservative-held parliamentary seat.

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