Greg Stafford

Gregory James Stafford is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Farnham and Bordon since 2024. He has been a Shadow Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and a Senior Opposition Whip since September 2026.

Stafford served as councillor in the London Borough of Ealing from 2007 to 2024, and was both leader of the Conservatives group and Leader of the Opposition from 2014 until 2022. He was Chairman of Conservative Future in West London.

His younger brother, Alexander Stafford, served as Conservative MP for Rother Valley from 2019 to 2024.

Early life and education Born in Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, he attended St Benedict's School, a Catholic independent school, and later studied modern history at St Peter's College, Oxford.

He has familial ties to his seat, with his father's family originally coming from Haslemere, a town in which his grandparents owned the former Stafford's Sweet Shop.

Stafford's mother's family immigrated from Ukraine after the Second World War to Witley, with a focus on improving clinician-to-clinician cooperation and sharing of good practice.

Parliamentary career In the 2024 general election, Stafford was elected as the first Parliamentary representative for theFarnham and Bordon constituency. He was soon appointed to the Opposition Whips' Office by Kemi Badenoch in November 2024.

During the 2026 British shadow cabinet reshuffle, Stafford was appointed as Shadow Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Shadow Comptroller of HM Royal Household, a senior position within the Opposition Whips' Office.

He is an officer of four All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) for:

Adult Social Care Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Slovenia The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the headquarters of which is located in Islamabad, Tilford in his constituency.

He was elected by his colleagues in the Conservative Party to the executive committee of the 1922 Committee shortly after the general election.

Electoral history