The Lord Greenhalgh | |
|---|---|
 Greenhalgh in 2022 | |
| Minister of State for Building Safety and Fire[1] | |
| In office 18 March 2020 – 8 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Younger of Leckie(Faith and Communities) |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Dines |
| Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime | |
| In office 6 June 2012 – 9 May 2016 | |
| Mayor | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Kit Malthouse |
| Succeeded by | Sophie Linden |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 21 April 2020 Life Peerage | |
| Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Councillor for Town Ward | |
| In office 25 January 1996 – 22 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Antony C. Glover |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-09-04)4 September 1967 (age 58) Watford,Hertfordshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Fulham, London(private) |
| Alma mater | St Paul's School Trinity College, Cambridge(MA) |
| Profession | Businessman politician |
Stephen John Greenhalgh, Baron Greenhalgh (born 4 September 1967) is a British businessman and politician, and was the secondDeputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London. He is a member of theConservative Party. In April 2020 he wascreatedBaron Greenhalgh.[2]
Greenhalgh was born inWatford, spending most of his childhood in London.[3] His mother was expelled fromCzechoslovakia,[4] and his father,Roger Greenhalgh, was a surgeon.[5] He attendedSt Paul's School, where he was a Senior FoundationScholar. In 1985, he went up to read History and Law atTrinity College, Cambridge, where he was a PerryExhibitioner. There he took part inrowing andrugby, and in 1988 he was President of theCambridge Union Society.
He graduated in 1989 and worked as abrand manager forProcter & Gamble until 1994. That year, he became amanagement consultant atPricewaterhouseCoopers. In 1999, with no medical training he became theManaging Director of BIBA Medical, a business he started with help from his father, Professor Roger Greenhalgh, who at the time wasDean ofCharing Cross and Westminster Medical School.[6]
Greenhalgh began his political career in the local politics of theLondon Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, first standing for election in 1994 inSands End, a relatively poorward withinFulham. He was unsuccessful.[7] In a by-election in 1996, he was elected to theHammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in theTown ward,[8] at a time when the Conservatives were in opposition on the Council. Two years later, he became the Conservative spokesman onsocial services. Then, in 1999, he became the deputy leader of the Conservative group, and in 2003 the group leader.[6]
In 2006, Greenhalgh led the Conservatives to winHammersmith and Fulham Council from Labour (May 4th). The Conservatives won over 50 per cent of the popular vote and, with 33 out of 46 councillors.[6][9]
In 2008, Greenhalgh was appointed byEric Pickles, the thenShadowSecretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to head the new Conservative Councils Innovation Unit to formulate newlocal-government policy, and he was also appointed by the newMayor of London,Boris Johnson, to oversee a financial audit of theGreater London Authority.[6]
At thenext elections in 2010, the Conservatives under Greenhalgh lost two Council seats but still retained a large majority.[10] During his time on the Council, Greenhalgh became famous for being a cost-cutter, for which he has received both praise and criticism.[3][4]
In 2012, pursuant to section 3 of thePolice Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 ('the act'), theMetropolitan Police Authority was abolished and replaced with theMayor's Office for Policing and Crime. On 6 June 2012,[11] Greenhalgh was appointed, by Boris Johnson, to head the MOPAC, as the second Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. To take up this position, Greenhalgh resigned from his roles as Council leader and Councillor[12] and was succeeded as leader byNick Botterill.[13] Although Greenhalgh was no longer an elected official, the Mayor was permitted to appoint him by sections 19 and 20 of the act.[11]
In February 2014, Greenhalgh publicly endorsed Johnson's proposal to equip the police withwater cannon to be used in the event of a serious outbreak of public disorder.[14]
However, the water cannon bought by Boris Johnson for £322k were sold for scrap for just £11k having never been used after the Conservative Home Secretary,Theresa May, banned the police from using them.[15]
In December 2014, Greenhalgh became the third declared candidate for the Conservative Party nomination in the2016 London mayoral election.[16]
On 18 March 2020Boris Johnson appointed him as an unpaid jointMinister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Home Office.[17]
On 16 April 2020 he was createdBaron Greenhalgh, ofFulham in theLondon Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.[2]
In July 2022, he resigned as a minister during thegovernment crisis.[18]
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Greenhalgh was the subject of controversy in the first months of his appointment as the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. He apologised after a colleague stated that he had patted her on the bottom, despite the fact she did not make an official complaint, and that he said he had no recollection of the alleged incident.[19] Greenhalgh sacked both the Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive of MOPAC, with both of them being subject to non-disclosure agreements. He also had difficult relations with members of theLondon Assembly.[20][21]
However, Greenhalgh has also been the subject of praise.The Daily Telegraph has often named him among the "Top 100 most influentialRight-wingers". He ranked 88 in 2009,[22] 71 in 2010[23] and 84 in 2011.[24]ConservativeHome named him the "Local Hero of the Year" for 2007/2008, after having received 8000 votes for him from the website's readers.[25]
Greenhalgh is married with three children and lives inFulham, west London.[4] His interests include motoring and tennis. He speaks French, German, and Italian. Since 2006, he has been a Trustee of the Camelia Botnar Arterial Research Foundation and since 2012 agovernor ofHurlingham & Chelsea School.[6]
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