Grant Shapps

**Grant Shapps** (born 14 September 1968) is a British politician for the Conservative Party who was the Secretary of State for Defence from 31 August 2023 until 5 July 2024. He was the Home Secretary from 19 October 2022 to 25 October 2022. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Welwyn Hatfield from 2005 until 2024.

In July 2022, Shapps unsuccessfully ran to be Leader of the Conservative Party in the leadership race to replace Boris Johnson.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Grant Shapps
- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **image**: Grant Shapps Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2022
- **alt**: Shapps wearing a suit
- **office**: Secretary of State for Defence
- **predecessor**: Ben Wallace (politician), Ben Wallace
- **successor**: John Healey (politician), John Healey
- **termstart**: 31 August 2023
- **termend**: 5 July 2024
- **primeminister**: Rishi Sunak
- **office1**: Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- **predecessor1**: _February 2023 British cabinet reshuffle, Office established_
- **successor1**: Claire Coutinho
- **termstart1**: 7 February 2023
- **termend1**: 31 August 2023
- **primeminister1**: Rishi Sunak
- **office2**: Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- **predecessor2**: Jacob Rees-Mogg
- **termstart2**: 25 October 2022
- **termend2**: 7 February 2023
- **successor2**: Kemi Badenoch
- **primeminister2**: Rishi Sunak
- **office3**: Home Secretary
- **term start3**: 19 October 2022
- **term end3**: 25 October 2022
- **predecessor3**: Suella Braverman
- **successor3**: Suella Braverman
- **primeminister3**: Liz Truss
- **office4**: Secretary of State for Transport
- **primeminister4**: Boris Johnson
- **term start4**: 24 July 2019
- **term end4**: 6 September 2022
- **predecessor4**: Chris Grayling
- **successor4**: Anne-Marie Trevelyan
- **office5**: Department for International Development, Minister of State for International Development
- **predecessor5**: Desmond Swayne
- **primeminister5**: David Cameron
- **successor5**: Nick Hurd
- **term start5**: 11 May 2015
- **term end5**: 28 November 2015
- **alongside6**: Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, The Lord Feldman of Elstree
- **leader6**: David Cameron
- **office6**: Chairman of the Conservative Party
- **predecessor6**: Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, The Baroness Warsi
- **successor6**: The Lord Feldman of Elstree
- **term start6**: 4 September 2012
- **term end6**: 11 May 2015
- **office7**: Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom), Minister without portfolio
- **predecessor7**: Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, The Baroness Warsi
- **primeminister7**: David Cameron
- **successor7**: Robert Halfon
- **term start7**: 4 September 2012
- **term end7**: 11 May 2015
- **office8**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Minister of State for Housing Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety, and Local Government
- **primeminister8**: David Cameron
- **term start8**: 13 May 2010
- **term end8**: 4 September 2012
- **predecessor8**: John Healey (politician), John Healey
Rosie Winterton
- **successor8**: Mark Prisk
- **office9**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning
- **term start9**: 20 December 2007
- **term end9**: 6 May 2010
- **leader9**: David Cameron
- **predecessor9**: Michael Gove
- **successor9**: John Healey (politician), John Healey
- **office10**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency), Welwyn Hatfield
- **term start10**: 5 May 2005
- **term end10**: 30 May 2024
- **predecessor10**: Melanie Johnson
- **successor10**: Andrew Lewin
- **birth place**: Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, England
- **children**: 3
- **alma mater**: Manchester Polytechnic (Higher National Diploma, HND)
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative