Background
Griffiths grew up in Sedgley and attended Bramford Primary School and High Arcal School. His father, Bob Griffiths, served as Mayor of Dudley in 1982.
Griffiths grew up in Sedgley and attended Bramford Primary School and High Arcal School. His father, Bob Griffiths, served as Mayor of Dudley in 1982.
Upon finishing his education in 1987, Griffiths joined the family engineering business in the West Midlands, manufacturing plant equipment for the construction industry. Later, he worked for the Leeds Permanent Building Society (later to become the Halifax) where he became a manager specialising in property and financial services. In 1999, Griffiths went to work for the West Midlands Member of the European Parliament team in the European Parliament in Brussels, before being appointed Adviser on farming and working for the European Agricultural Spokesman Neil Parish Member of the European Parliament. Griffiths first contested the safe Labour seat of Dudley North at the 2001 general election, coming in 6,800 votes behind victor Ross Cranston.
In 2004, Griffiths unsuccessfully stood as a Conservative candidate at the European Elections.
Theresa May Member of Parliament, where he worked on environment, transport and later family policy. Griffiths was elected at the 2010 General Election for Burton, regaining the seat for the Conservatives for the first time since 1997 when it was held by Ivan Lawrence from 1974.
Griffiths was re-elected at the 2015 General Election
He now serves as Secretary of the APPG for the Misuse of Drugs and Alcohol, Additional General Secretary of the APPG for Kashmir, and Vice Chairman of the APPG for Home Education. He is Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Beer and campaigns against increased taxes on beer (the beer duty escalator).
Griffiths first entered politics at a local level when standing as a council candidate for Coseley on three separate occasions, losing them all. The next year, he focused on community cohesion and local government matters as Chief of Staff to Eric Pickles Member of Parliament, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and remained Pickles" Chief of Staff when he became the Party Chairman.
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He is the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Burton. Griffiths was a member of the A-List and was selected as a candidate for Burton in November 2006
He is also a member of the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee.