Andrew Turner (politician)

Andrew Turner
Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight
In office 7 June 2001 – 3 May 2017
Preceded by	Peter Brand
Succeeded by	Bob Seely
Personal details
Born	(1953-10-24) 24 October 1953 (age 70) Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Keble College, Oxford

Andrew John Turner (born 24 October 1953)^[1] is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight from 2001 to 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as its vice-chairman from 2003 until 2005.

Born in Coventry, Turner was educated at Rugby School and Keble College, Oxford. He stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for both the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency in the 1992 general election and for the Birmingham East constituency in the 1994 European Parliamentary election.

Turner was elected MP for the Isle of Wight in the 2001 general election.^[2] He attracted press attention and criticism during the parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009. He was re-elected in the 2010 election, after which he led the One Wight campaign against government plans to dismantle his constituency. Turner announced that he would stand down at the 2017 election following reports that he had told a group of schoolchildren he thought homosexuality was "wrong" and "dangerous to society".^[3]