Education
Wright was educated at Taunton School and Trinity School, New York City, before going to Exeter University, where he graduated with a degree in Law (Bachelor of Laws).
Wright was educated at Taunton School and Trinity School, New York City, before going to Exeter University, where he graduated with a degree in Law (Bachelor of Laws).
From 2005 to 2010 he served as Member of Parliament for Rugby and Kenilworth, which constituency was abolished in boundary changes before the 2010 general election. In the 2014-Cabinet reshuffle, David Cameron appointed Wright as Attorney-General for England and Wales and ex-officio Advocate General for Northern Ireland. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1996 and specialised in criminal law in the Midlands until his election to Parliament in 2005.
At the 2010 election he retained the newly created Kenilworth and Southam constituency increasing his majority to 12,552.
In July 2007 Wright was appointed as an Opposition Whip and served as a Government Whip from 2010 until 2012, holding the office of Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. In September 2012 Wright was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice.
His specific responsibility was as Minister for Prisons and Rehabilitation. He was appointed Attorney General on 15 July 2014, replacing Dominic Grieve.
Foreign the purposes of this role, he was appointed a Queens Counsel under the Royal Prerogative.
Wright set up the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia in 2007. Wright has generally supported the proposals for the HS2 London to Birmingham rail link which will run through his constituency. He has opposed some of the detailed original plans for the route, although supporting route changes made in 2010.
Expenses claims
He repaid £46.71 over-claimed for council tax in 2007-2008 after a "genuine mistake".
He also claimed just under £800 in mobile phone call charges which he was ordered to repay. He appealed the decision to order repayment of these expenses, claiming that he had requested permission to charge an amount for mobile phone calls as he did not have a landline installed in his London flat.
Wright succeeded in his appeal and was not required to repay the amount claimed for mobile phone calls. Wright published errors on his website in 2009, placing political links on it, an activity banned if costs for the site are paid for from Parliamentary expenses, although he was not required to repay the expenses claimed in this instance.
Wright has defended his expenses claims as an Member of Parliament, including claiming nearly £3000 for the purchase of furniture for a flat in London after he became an Member of Parliament in 2005.
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He remains a member of Number.5 Chambers in Birmingham but is officially listed as non-practising as of May 2013.
He served as a member of the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee between 2005 and 2007.