Former CPA Chairperson: Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP

Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP was elected as the Chairperson of the CPA Executive Committee in August 2022 at the 65th CPC. Previously he was the Acting CPA Vice-Chairperson from 26 March 2021, following the resignation of his predecessor, Hon. John Ajaka, MLC, President of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. Following the passing of the CPA Chairperson, Hon. Emilia Monjowa Lifaka, MP on 20 April 2021, Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP became the Acting CPA Chairperson.

In July 2024, Hon. Arthur E. Holder, MP became the Acting CPA Chairperson in succession to Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger from the United Kingdom.

Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger MP was elected to the UK Parliament at the 2001 General Election for the seat of Bridgwater in Somerset (boundary changes created the new seat of Bridgwater and West Somerset in 2010).

He has been a Member of the International Development Committee since March 2020. He has also served on a number of Parliamentary Committees including Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art; Environmental Audit Committee; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee; Scottish Affairs Committee; and Public Administration Committee. He chairs a number of All-Party Parliamentary Groups in the UK Parliament on Energy Studies, Nuclear Energy, Pharmaceuticals, Dyslexia and Tax.

Before entering Parliament, he ran a 250-acre farm in the Scottish Borders before becoming the Managing Director of his family’s property management and development company. He was commissioned in the Territorial Army where he was promoted to Major, serving with 6th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. He was also elected as a District Councillor on Tynedale District Council in Northumberland.