[3] Grant was the first black woman of mixed heritage to be elected as a Conservative MP and selected as a candidate to stand for a Conservative-held parliamentary seat.

"I had happy memories in that house and it gave me a good start in life, [...] There was deprivation around, there was certainly need, there was some domestic violence and there were some fights.

[9] Grant was a non-executive director of the Croydon NHS Primary Care Trust from January 2005 to March 2007 before stepping down to concentrate on her political career.

[11] In 2006, Grant worked with Iain Duncan Smith's Centre for Social Justice in the formation of Conservative policy to deal with family breakdown.

On 4 September 2012, following a Government reshuffle, Grant was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, and Women and Equality.

[16] However, the following month when quizzed by her regional news television station ITV Meridian about sports, she failed to answer a single question correctly.

[17] On 12 May 2015, following the general election, Grant was removed from her position as Sports Minister and was replaced by her neighbouring MP and colleague Tracey Crouch.

[20] Grant was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for political and public service.

[25] Grant attracted controversy in November 2012 when an edition of the Channel 4 documentary series Dispatches reported that she was according to published records claiming the full £1,666.67/month[26] under MPs expenses – the maximum allowed within the IPSA rules – for a flat in London, when she has a home in Kingswood, Surrey, near Reigate.

[26] IPSA confirmed that Grant was entitled to a second-home allowance on Parliamentary expenses because her constituency was outside London, and her claim was within the rules.

Her arrangements are not analogous to mine"; "These are part of the trade-offs that MPs and ministers have to make all the time to try to meet all the competing demands on them.

[30] Grant initially refused to comment on the claim[30] although the Ministry of Justice stated that the changes to contracts were an attempt to provide a "fairer deal" for taxpayers.

[30] Grant's husband resigned from his position after it was revealed he remained on an unaltered contract, and had known about the discrepancy for two months without informing his wife.