Peter Grady was first elected as the SNP MP for Glasgow North in 2015 being reelected in 2019 with a majority of 5,601 over Labour.
In June 2022, Mr Grady ‘stepped away’ from his position as an SNP MP at Westminster to sit as an independent. This was following the Metropolitan Policy saying they were investigating a report of sexual assault against Mr Grady dating back to 2016.
The Glasgow North constituency contains the more working class areas of Maryhill, alongside some of Glasgow’s more middle class districts in Hillhead and Kelvindale. Glasgow University can be found within this seat. In the 2016 EU referendum, close to four fifths of voters chose to Remain in the European Union, the highest figure for any seat in Scotland and one of the highest in the UK. Previously held by Labour, the SNP gained this seat during their 2015 landslide. They have retained it, albeit with reduced majorities in 2017 and 2019.
Grady served as the SNP Chief Whip at Westminster between 2017 and 2021. He stood down from the role in 2021, following a complaint to the House of Commons watchdog, the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS), by an SNP staffer who accused the MP of sexual harassment.
Following its investigation the Independent Expert Panel, which recommends punishments for MPs over bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct, wrote: “An unwanted physical touching, with sexual intent, from a senior MP to a junior member of staff, even on a single occasion, is a significant breach of the policy”. It recommended that Mr Grady be suspended from Parliament for two days. Mr Grady has said that he is profoundly sorry for his beavhiour.
He was formerly the party’s spokesman on International Development between 2015 and 2017.
He was the National Secretary of the SNP between 2012 and 2016.
Peter Grady joined the Scottish National Party in 1997, when he was only 17. In 2014 he headed the Yes campaign for the 2014 independence referendum in the Kelvin area of Glasgow.
Born in Edinburgh in 1980, Patrick Grady grew up in Inverness and studied at Inverness Royal Academy, before attending the University of Strathclyde.
Prior to his election to Parliament, he worked as an advocacy manager for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund in Scotland, London and Malawi. Patrick Grady is Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Malawi.
Grady is Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Groups on War Crimes; the British Indian Ocean Territory; Colombia, Eritrea; CAFOD; and the Holy See.
Email: patrick.grady.mp@parliament.uk
Personal Website: http://www.patrickgrady.scot/
Twitter: twitter.com/GradySNP
