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Edward Garnier has been the MP for Harborough since 1992. Born in October 1952, he is married to Anna and they have a daughter and two sons. Edward Garnier was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, Jesus College, Oxford, and the College of Law, London.

He was called to the Bar in 1976 and practises as a defamation and media law specialist from chambers at 1 Brick Court in the Temple. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1995, a Crown Court Recorder in 1998 and a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 2001. He was a Visiting Parliamentary Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford 1996-97.

From 1992 to 1994, Edward Garnier was a member of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee. From then until the 1997 general election he worked as a Parliamentary Private Secretary, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to the Attorney General and Solicitor General, and to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Following the 1997 election, when the Conservative Party left office, William Hague appointed Edward Garnier Shadow Minister, Lord Chancellor's Department, until 1999 when he became Shadow Attorney General. When Iain Duncan Smith became Leader of the Opposition in September 2001, Edward Garnier stepped down from the Conservative front bench.

In 2005 Edward Garnier was appointed Shadow Home Affairs Minister and in July 2007 following the creation of the Ministry of Justice, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Justice. In September 2009 Edward was once again appointed Shadow Attorney General.

Edward began consulting for Greenwoods in August 2006.