Andrea Leadsom

Biography:

Andrea Leadsom was elected as Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire on May 7th 2015 with 36607 votes, taking 60.1% of the vote.

Andrea Leadsom lives in a village near Towcester. She is married to Ben and has three children.

In June 2006 Andrea was selected as the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for South Northamptonshire.

Andrea had a 25 year career in the banking and finance industry, having been Financial Institutions Director at Barclays Bank, Managing Director of a London hedge fund and more recently, Head of Corporate Governance for Invesco Perpetual, one of the UK’s largest retail fund managers.

Andrea has been closely involved as Trustee and Chairman of a children’s charity for ten years.

In 2003 Andrea became a District Councillor and in 2005 she was selected as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Knowsley South.

In 2006 Andrea was selected by South Northamptonshire Conservatives.

On 24 June 2010 Andrea she was elected to the Treasury Select Committee by her fellow MPs. Between 2014 and 2015 she covered the role of Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and in May 2015 she was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Constituency: South Northamptonshire

Constituency Address: 78 St. George’s Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JF

Constituency Tel: 01604 859721

Date of Birth: 01/05/1963

Email: andrea.leadsom.mp@parliament.uk

Party: Conservative

Personal Website: www.andrealeadsom.com

Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel: 020 7219 7149

Twitter: @andrealeadsom

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/andrealeadsom?fref=ts