Edward Garnier
The Lord Garnier | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
| In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Vera Baird |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Heald |
| Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales | |
| In office 8 September 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Dominic Grieve |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Scotland of Asthal |
| In office 19 June 1997 – 13 September 2001 | |
| Leader | William Hague Iain Duncan Smith |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Lyell |
| Succeeded by | Bill Cash |
| Shadow Minister for Prisons | |
| In office 10 May 2005 – 8 September 2009 | |
| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Djanogly |
| Succeeded by | Alan Duncan |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 22 June 2018 | |
| Member of Parliament for Harborough | |
| In office 9 April 1992 – 3 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | John Farr |
| Succeeded by | Neil O'Brien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 October 1952 |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Anna Mellows |
| Education | Wellington College |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford Inns of Court School of Law |
| Website | Official website |
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Edward Henry Garnier, Baron Garnier, PC, KC (born 26 October 1952) is a British barrister and former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. A former lawyer for The Guardian newspaper, Lord Garnier is on the socially liberal wing of his party and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harborough in Leicestershire from 1992 until 2017. He most recently served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from the election of 2010 until the 2012 ministerial reshuffle. He stood down from the House of Commons at the 2017 general election before entering the House of Lords in 2018.