Andrew Stephenson

Andrew Stephenson
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care
Assumed office
13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byWill Quince
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
In office
9 January 2018 – 26 July 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byDavid Evennett
Succeeded byMike Freer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities
In office
20 September 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byEddie Hughes
Succeeded byFelicity Buchan
Chairman of the Conservative Party
Minister without Portfolio
In office
7 July 2022 – 6 September 2022
Serving with Ben Elliot
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byOliver Dowden
Succeeded byJake Berry
Minister of State for Transport
In office
13 February 2020 – 7 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byGeorge Freeman
Succeeded byTrudy Harrison
Minister of State for Africa and International Development
In office
25 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byHarriett Baldwin
Succeeded byJames Duddridge
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry
In office
4 April 2019 – 25 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byRichard Harrington
Succeeded byNadhim Zahawi
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
26 July 2018 – 4 April 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byMark Spencer
Succeeded byCraig Whittaker
Member of Parliament
for Pendle
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byGordon Prentice
Majority6,186 (13.9%)
Personal details
Born (1981-02-17) 17 February 1981 (age 43)
Manchester, England
Political partyConservative
Residence(s)Colne, Lancashire
Alma materRoyal Holloway, University of London
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website

Andrew George Stephenson CBE (born 17 February 1981) is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care since November 2023.[1] A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire since 2010.

Stephenson served as Minister of State for Africa from 2019 to 2020 as well as, prior to that, in junior ministerial roles at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Government Whips Office. He was appointed Minister of State with responsibility for HS2 at the Department of Transport at the February 2020 cabinet reshuffle.[2] He was Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio, attending cabinet, from July to September 2022, in the caretaker government of Boris Johnson.[3] He was subsequently appointed as a member of the Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on 8 July, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable" for life. He then went on to serve as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities between September and October 2022 and as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from October 2022 to November 2023.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Ministerial appointments: November 2023". GOV.UK. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Minister of State - Andrew Stephenson MP". GOV.UK. 5 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Ministerial appointments: July 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

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