Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott

The Right Honourable
The Lord Grocott
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Grocott PC
	Official portrait, 2022
Chief Whip of the House of Lords; Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
	In office; 29 May 2002 – 24 January 2008
Prime Minister	Tony Blair; Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Lord Carter
Succeeded by	The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Lord-in-Waiting; Government Whip
	In office; 7 June 2001 – 29 May 2002
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
	In office; 2 May 1997 – 8 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	John Devereux Ward
Succeeded by	David Hanson
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Life Peerage
	Assumed office ; 2 July 2001
Member of Parliament; for Telford
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	David Wright
Member of Parliament; for The Wrekin
	In office; 11 June 1987 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Warren Hawksley
Succeeded by	Peter Bradley
Member of Parliament; for Lichfield and Tamworth
	In office; 10 October 1974 – 7 April 1979
Preceded by	Jack d'Avigdor-Goldsmid
Succeeded by	John Heddle
Personal details
Born	1 November 1940; Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Leicester (BA); University of Manchester (MA)

Bruce Joseph Grocott, Baron Grocott PC (born 1 November 1940) is a British politician who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament for four terms between 1974 and 2001, representing constituencies in Staffordshire and Shropshire.

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