Andrew Gwynne

Andrew Gwynne
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
Assumed office
9 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byAndrea Leadsom
Shadow Minister for Public Health
In office
4 December 2021 – 6 September 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byAlex Norris
Succeeded byPreet Gill
In office
18 September 2015 – 28 June 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byLuciana Berger
Succeeded bySharon Hodgson
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
In office
14 June 2017 – 6 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byRoberta Blackman-Woods
Succeeded bySteve Reed
Labour Party Co-National Campaign Coordinator
In office
10 February 2017 – 5 April 2020
Serving with Ian Lavery
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byJon Trickett
Succeeded byAngela Rayner
Shadow Minister without Portfolio
In office
7 October 2016 – 14 June 2017
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byJonathan Ashworth
Succeeded byIan Lavery
Member of Parliament
for Gorton and Denton
Denton and Reddish (2005–2024)
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded byAndrew Bennett
Shadow Minister for Social Care
In office
6 September 2023 – 4 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byLiz Kendall
Personal details
Born
Andrew John Gwynne

(1974-06-04) 4 June 1974 (age 50)
Manchester, England, UK
Political partyLabour and Co-operative
Spouse
Allison Dennis
(m. 2003)
Children3
Alma materTameside College
Wrexham Glyndŵr University
University of Salford
WebsiteOfficial website
Other offices

Andrew John Gwynne (born 4 June 1974) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Gorton and Denton, previously Denton and Reddish, since 2005. He was Shadow Minister for Social Care from 2023 to the 2024 election. He is currently serving as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention.

Gwynne served in the shadow cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Minister without Portfolio from 2016 to 2017. He was Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Labour Party Co-National Campaign Coordinator from 2017 to 2020.

In 2023, he became the President of Friends of Real Lancashire - which is a group dedicated to promoting and preserving the heritage and identity of the historic county of Lancashire - following the death of that group's founder.[1]

He is the son of the late broadcaster and pundit John Gwynne.

  1. ^ "About Us | Friends of Real Lancashire". Friends of Real Lancashire.