Andrew Guy Tyrie

Biography

Andrew Tyrie was re-elected MP for Chichester in May 2010 with a majority of 15,877 votes.

Andrew grew up in rural Essex, the son of a furniture retailer. He was educated at Felsted School, Trinity College Oxford, the College of Europe Bruges, and Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is a former Woodrow Wilson scholar and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.

Until his selection as Parliamentary candidate for Chichester, he was Senior Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

He had previously been a full-time adviser to successive Chancellors of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Nigel Lawson and then the Rt Hon John Major MP. He worked closely with them in the Treasury, giving advice on reducing taxes, particularly income tax, privatisation, encouraging enterprise and cutting red tape. He started his career in industry with British Petroleum.

Constituency

Chichester

Constituency Address

Chichester Conservative Association, 145 St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 4LH

Constituency Tel

01243 783519

Date of Birth

15 January 1957

Email

tyriea@parliament.uk

Party

Conservative

Personal Website

http://www.chichesterconservatives.com

Westminster Address

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel

02072193000