British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 2005 to 2019. While still a member of the Conservative Party, Greening had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 and sat as an independent MP after that.
Greening served in the Cameron Government as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Secretary of State for Transport, prior to being appointed Secretary of State for International Development in September 2012. From 14 July 2016 to 8 January 2018, she served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities in the May Government. She resigned as Education Secretary in the January 2018 Cabinet reshuffle. On 3 September 2019, Greening announced she would not be standing as a Conservative at the next general election and subsequently had the whip withdrawn
“Forcing voters to make a binary choice is very un-British...A three-option second referendum could be the moment we see our politics change for the better.”
