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The Right Honourable
Stuart Andrew
Official portrait, 2021
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society[a]
Assumed office
8 September 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byNigel Huddleston
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities
Assumed office
27 October 2022
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byThe Baroness Stedman-Scott
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation
In office
8 July 2022 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byVictoria Atkins
Succeeded byRob Butler
Minister of State for Housing
In office
8 February 2022 –6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byChris Pincher
Succeeded byMarcus Jones
Government Deputy Chief Whip
Treasurer of the Household
In office
13 February 2020 – 8 February 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAmanda Milling
Succeeded byChris Pincher
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
28 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byCraig Whittaker
Succeeded byMarcus Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement
In office
19 July 2018 – 28 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byGuto Bebb
Succeeded byAnne-Marie Trevelyan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
9 January 2018 – 19 July 2018
LeaderTheresa May
Preceded byGuto Bebb
Succeeded byMims Davies
Member of Parliament
forPudsey
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byPaul Truswell
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1971-11-25)25 November 1971(age 52)
Isle of Anglesey,Wales
Political partyConservative(before 1998, 2000–present)
Other political
affiliations		Labour(1998–2000)
EducationYsgol David Hughes
Websitestuartandrew.org.uk

Stuart James Andrew(born 25 November 1971) is a BritishConservativepolitician who was theMember of Parliament(MP) forPudseyfrom2010until the constituency was abolished before the2024 general election.He has served asParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Societysince September 2022 andParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalitiessince October 2022.[1][2]Andrew previously served asGovernment Deputy Chief Whipfrom 2020 to 2022,Minister of State for Housingfrom February to July 2022, andMinister of State for Prisons and Probationfrom July to September 2022.[3]

Andrew was born inAnglesey,Wales. He was a councillor onWrexham County Borough Councilfrom 1995 to 1999. Elected as a Conservative, he defected to theLabour Partyin 1998 before rejoining the Conservative Party in 2000. He was a councillor onLeeds City Councilfrom 2003 to 2010. He was elected for Pudsey at the2010 general election.He served asGovernment Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commonsfrom 2020 to 2022 when he was appointed Minister of State for Housing.

Early life and career[edit]

Stuart Andrew was born on 25 November 1971 inAnglesey.He was state educated atYsgol David HughesinMenai Bridge.After leaving school he worked for theDepartment of Social Security.In 1994 he took a job with theBritish Heart Foundation,before roles at Hope House Children's Hospice and East Lancashire Hospice. Before being elected to Parliament he led the fundraising team forMartin House Hospice.[4]

Andrew was first elected as aConservativecouncillor to represent the Maesydre ward onWrexham County Borough Councilin 1995. He stood unsuccessfully as aparliamentary candidateforWrexhamin the1997 general election.In 1998, he left the Conservatives and defected to theLabour Party,citing issues with the "direction of the party". Andrew was re-elected as a Labour councillor in 1999, but resigned from the council later in the year.[5][6][7]

Parliamentary career[edit]

Andrew was elected to Parliament as MP forPudseyin the2010 general electionwith 38.5% of the vote and a majority of 1,659.[8][9]

Andrew served on theWelsh Affairs Select Committeebetween November 2010 and November 2012.[10][11]

On 22 February 2012 Andrew was headbutted and punched in a House of Commons bar during a disturbance created by Scottish Labour MPEric Joyce,[12]tweeting the next day that "I'm OK".[13]Joyce was charged with common assault,[14]with a fourth charge added on 9 March,[15]and he was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £1,400 in compensation to Andrew and other victims, but not given a custodial sentence.[15]In a statement before the House of Commons on 12 March 2012, Joyce apologised personally to his victims, stated that he had resigned from the Labour Party, and that he intended to complete his current term as an MP but not seek re-election.[16]

In September 2012, Andrew brought forward a bill that would create a new power for governors to "destroy or otherwise dispose of any unauthorised property found within a prison or an escort vehicle". The bill was supported both by the government and the Labour Party, withShadow Secretary of State for JusticeSadiq Khansaying he backed the bill.[17]

During the debates on theMarriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013,which he subsequently voted for, Andrew responded to comments fromGerald Howarthabout "aggressive homosexuals" by telling of a time when he had been attacked in the street and beaten unconscious "because of who and what I am".[18]

At the2015 general election,Andrew was re-elected as MP for Pudsey with an increased vote share of 46.4% and an increased majority of 4,501.[19][20]

In January 2016, Andrew was one of 72 MPs who voted down an amendment in Parliament on rental homes being "fit for human habitation" who were themselves landlords who derived an income from a property.[21]

In May 2016, it emerged that Andrew was one of a number of Conservative MPs being investigated by police in the2015 general election party spending investigation,for allegedly spending more than the legal limit on constituency election campaign expenses.[22]However, in May 2017, the Crown Prosecution Service said that while there was evidence of inaccurate spending returns, it did not "meet the test" for further action.[23]

Andrew supportedBrexitin the2016 referendum.[24]

Andrew was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, with particular responsibility for cities, on 23 September 2016.[25]

At the snap2017 general election,Andrew was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 47.4% and a decreased majority of 331.[26]

In November 2023, Andrew voted against a ceasefire in Gaza.[27]


Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales and for Defence Procurement[edit]

Andrew became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) in June 2017 andParliamentary Under-Secretary(Wales Office) in January 2018, before moving to be Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence).[10]

In July 2019, Andrew wrote toBradford Councilto oppose plans to introduce a new link road in south eastBradford,impacting the Pudsey constituency.[28]

In October 2019, on both 14 October and 19 December, Andrew was ceremonially taken hostage bythe Queenat Buckingham Palace for the duration of her speeches to Parliament.[29]

Treasurer of the Household[edit]

At the2019 general election,Andrew was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 48.8% and an increased majority of 3,517.[30]

In theFebruary 2020 reshufflehe was appointed Deputy Chief Whip and promoted toTreasurer of the Household.[31]

On 10 September 2020, Andrew stood in forJacob Rees-MoggasActing Leader of the House of Commonsin Business Questions as Rees-Mogg was self-isolating awaiting the results of aCOVID-19test on his son.[32][33]

During theCOVID-19 pandemicemergency arrangements, he held a large number ofproxy votesfor other Conservative MPs, and at one stage in 2021 personally controlled 333 votes (a majority) in the House of Commons.[34]He did not always cast these proxy votes the same way, instead following the instructions of individual MPs.[35]

He was sworn of thePrivy Council of the United Kingdomin 2021.[36]

Minister of State for Housing[edit]

In a cabinet reshuffle on 8 February 2022, Andrew was appointedMinister of State for Housing.[37]

On 6 July 2022, Andrew resigned from the role ofMinister of State for Housingdue to the recent scandals involving the formerConservative Partyleader andPrime MinisterBoris Johnson,most recently theChris Pincher scandal.[38][39]He stated that "There comes a time when you have to look at your own personal integrity and that time is now. Therefore, given recent events I have no other choice to resign. Our party, particularly our members and more importantly our great country, deserve better".[39]

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society and for Equalities[edit]

Stuart Andrew with Gymnast James Hall during a visit to the2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championshipsin Liverpool

On 8 September 2022, Andrew was appointed asParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society.[40]His role includes

  • Minister for Equalities
  • Sport
  • Tourism
  • Civil Society (including loneliness)
  • Youth
  • Ceremonials (including theCoronation)
  • Events includingEurovision,Unboxed,City of Culture
  • Arts and Heritage in the Commons.

On 27 October 2022, Andrew was appointed to a second ministerial position, asParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities.[40]

Personal life[edit]

Andrew lives inGuiseley,West Yorkshireand London.[41][42]He is openly gay and a patron ofLGBT+ Conservatives.[43][44]During the2022 FIFA World Cup,Andrew expressed his support for theOneLovecampaign by publicly wearing an armband at the England vs Wales game.[45][46]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Arts and Ceremonials (September to October 2022). Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society (October 2022 to February 2023).

References[edit]

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  16. ^"MP Eric Joyce apologises to MPs over bar brawl".BBC News.12 March 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 12 March 2012.Retrieved12 March2012.
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  28. ^"Pudsey MP objects to 'green belt' link road proposal".West Leeds Dispatch.1 July 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 16 October 2019.Retrieved16 October2019.
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