Stuart Andrew was first elected as the Conservative MP for Pudsey in 2010, being reelected in 2019 with a majority of 3,517.
The West Yorkshire constituency of Pudsey is a suburban seat nestled between Leeds and Bradford, and contains the small towns of Pudsey, Horsforth, Yeaden, Farsley, and Guisely. It was held by the Labour Party between 1997 and 2010, and is a crucial and tightly fought marginal constituency. Home ownership in this part of West Yorkshire is well above the national average.
Stuart Andrew was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in September 2022. He is also a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Department for International Trade
Andrew departed from his role as deputy chief whip in February 2022’s reshuffle, and was made a housing minister at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. He briefly resigned from that role in July 2022 claiming he no longer had confidence in the leadership of Boris Johnson. He had served in the whips office since 2019.
Prior to this, Stuarty Andrew was the Under Secretary of State for Defence (2018-19) and Under Secretary for Wales (2018). He has also served as Vice Chair of the Conservative Party.
Stuart Andrew was born in 1971 when he spent the first few years of his life on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales, living in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. He later attended Ysgol David Hughes school in Menai Bridge on Anglesey . Andrew grew up on a Council Estate and his father was a welder.
After leaving school at 18, Stuart Andrew started his career in the Charity and Voluntary sector working as a fundraiser for the British Heart Foundation, and then as a hospice fund raiser. Stuart was elected to Leeds City Council between 2003 and 2010.
Andrew is a patron of LGBTory. He has previously spoken about being attacked and beaten unconscious because of his sexuality.
Andrew supported Brexit in the 2016 referendum.
Email: stuart.andrew.mp@parliament.uk
Personal Website: www.stuartandrew.com
Twitter: twitter.com/StuartAndrewMP
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StuartAndrewPudsey
