Background
BRIGHT, Graham Frank James was born on April 2, 1942. Parents: the late Robert Frank Bright.
BRIGHT, Graham Frank James was born on April 2, 1942. Parents: the late Robert Frank Bright.
Hassenbrook Comprehensive School. Thurrock Technical College.
Councillor, Thurrock Borough Council, 1966-1979. Councillor, Essex County Council, 1967-1970. Chmn, Eastern Area CPC, 1977-1979.
Member of Parliament for Luton East, 1979-1983, and for Luton South, since 1983. Secretary, Back Bench Conservative Smaller Businesses Committee, 1979-1980, Vice-Chairman, since 1980. Secretary, Back Bench Aviation Committee, 1980-1983.
Vice-Chairman, Conservative Aviation Committee, 1983-1985. Secretary, Back Bench Food and Drink Sub-Cttee., 1983-1985. Member, Select Committee on House of Commons Services, 1982-1984.
Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Waddington Queen's Counsel Member of Parliament and Patrick Mayhew Queen's Counsel Member of Parliament, Ministers of State at the Home Office, 1983. Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Waddington Queen's Counsel Member of Parliament and Douglas Hurd Member of Parliament, Ministers of State at the Home Office, 1983. Chairman, Conservative Smaller Businesses Committee, 1983-1984 and 1987-1988.
Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Waddington Queen's Counsel Member of Parliament and Giles Shaw, 1984-1986. Joint Secretary, Parliamentary Aviation Group, since 1984. Vice-Chairman, Aviation Committee, 1987-1988.
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Earl of Caithness, Paymaster General, since 1989. Director, Small Business Bureau Ltd., since 1989.
Clubs: Carlton Club.
Spouse Valerie Bright (née Wooliams), 1972. Children: one s.