Attorney General for England and Wales
Advocate General for Northern Ireland
In office 12 May 2010 – 15 July 2014
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Succeeded by
Jeremy Wright
Shadow Cabinet positions
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
In office 19 January 2009 – 11 May 2010
Leader
David Cameron
Preceded by
Nick Herbert
Succeeded by
Jack Straw
Shadow Home Secretary
In office 12 June 2008 – 19 January 2009
Leader
David Cameron
Preceded by
David Davis
Succeeded by
Chris Grayling
Shadow Attorney General
In office 6 November 2003 – 7 September 2009
Leader
Michael Howard David Cameron
Preceded by
Bill Cash
Succeeded by
Edward Garnier
Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield
In office 1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by
Tim Smith
Succeeded by
Joy Morrissey
Personal details
Born
(1956-05-24) 24 May 1956 (age 67) Lambeth, London, England
Political party
Independent (2019–)
Other political affiliations
Conservative (until 2019)
Spouse
Caroline Hutton
(m. 1990)
Children
2
Education
Westminster School
Alma mater
Magdalen College, Oxford, University of Westminster
Website
tgchambers.com/profile/dominic-grieve-kc/
Dominic Charles Roberts GrieveKCPC (born 24 May 1956)[1] is a British barrister and former politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Attorney General for England and Wales from 2010 to 2014. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield from 1997 to 2019 and was the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee from 2015 to 2019.
Grieve attended the Cabinet as Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland from May 2010 to July 2014.[2] He was dismissed as Attorney General by Prime Minister David Cameron as part of the 2014 Cabinet reshuffle, and was replaced by Jeremy Wright. Elected as a Conservative, Grieve had the Conservative whip removed in the September 2019 suspension of rebel Conservative MPs. He unsuccessfully stood as an independent candidate in Beaconsfield at the 2019 general election.
A liberal conservative,[3] Grieve was a central figure on Brexit and frequently used his experience as a lawyer to propose amendments on the issue, with his interventions often being at odds with government policy. A prominent Remain supporter on Brexit, Grieve called for a second referendum on EU membership, and before being expelled had said that he and other Conservative rebels would support a vote of no confidence to bring down a Conservative government, if that were the only way to block the "catastrophic" damage from a bad Brexit.[4][5][6][7] In spring 2019, Grieve was threatened with deselection by his local party after losing a confidence vote by members.[8] In October 2019, following removal of the whip, Grieve announced that he would stand as an independent candidate in his constituency's seat at the next general election. It was announced that the Liberal Democrats would stand aside to help him,[9] but to no avail, as he lost his seat.
Grieve is the president of the Franco-British Society.[10] He was awarded the Legion of Honour in 2016,[10] and broadcasts in French on French radio and television.[11] He is a practising Anglican and was a member of the London diocesan synod of the Church of England.[12]
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^"Cabinet reshuffle: David Cameron's new line-up". BBC News. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^"Keir Starmer, a Lilliputian against a giant". The Economist. 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
^"Dominic Grieve says Tory rebels are prepared to 'collapse the government' to block a 'catastrophic' Brexit deal". The Independent. 17 June 2018. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
^"Greening and Grieve threaten to quit Tories over no-deal Brexit". Evening Standard. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^"MPs reject Labour plan for no-deal vote". 12 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^Elgot, Jessica (16 July 2019). "Grieve: senior Tories may have to vote down Johnson government". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^Rawlinson, Kevin (3 May 2019). "Pro-remain Tory MP Dominic Grieve spared deselection – for now". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^Shipman, Tim; Wheeler, Caroline (5 October 2019). "Lib Dems to save Dominic Grieve in 'remain alliance' pact". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
^ ab"Dominic Grieve decorated for work in Franco-British relations". France in the United Kingdom. 21 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^Europe 1 (7 May 2010). "Spéciales élections en Grande-Bretagne". Dailymotion. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
^Cite error: The named reference grieve-self was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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misconstrue the motives of both parties". The former Attorney General DominicGrieve also thought the appeal was pointless. On 22 June 2018, Garnier was...
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