Malcolm Grimston

Malcolm Charles Grimston (born 1 May 1958) is a British advocate of nuclear power, politician, and is also a scientific author, based at the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College London.

Early life

Grimston was born in Cleethorpes, now in North East Lincolnshire, then in Lindsey. He grew up in North Yorkshire, attending the independent Scarborough College. He studied natural sciences at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1979. He subsequently took a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), again at Cambridge.

Career

Grimston taught chemistry for seven years from 1980, at Stowe and Millfield schools. From 1987-92 he was an information officer at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).

From 1992-95 he was an information officer at the British Nuclear Industry Forum (now called the Nuclear Industry Association). In 1995 Grimston joined Imperial College as a senior research fellow.

In 1999 Grimston became a senior research fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House. He served as an associate fellow until 2015.

Publications

• Double or Quits – the global future of civil nuclear energy (with Peter Beck, Earthscan Books, 2002)
• Civil nuclear energy – fuel of the future or relic of the past? (with Peter Beck, Chatham House 2000)
• The paralysis in energy decision-making (Whittle Publishing, September 2016)
• West Hill and Wimbledon Park Side - Story of a Council Ward (Authorhouse, November 2018)

Personal life

Grimston lives in Wandsworth. He is a councillor on Wandsworth London Borough Council, where he has represented West Hill ward since 1994. In 2014, he left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent.

In 2018, he was re-elected with 4,002 votes. This was the highest individual result recorded for any candidate in Wandsworth and in Greater London.

In 2022, he was re-elected with 3,689 votes.

In 2026, he was re-elected with 4,081 votes. 30 out of a total 58 seats are needed on the Council for a majority. The Conservative Party had 29 and the Labour Party had 28. Grimston indicated he would work with both Parties, though would likely enter into a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Conservative Party to create a working majority.

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