Andrew Gwynne | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention | |
Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Andrea Leadsom |
Shadow Minister for Public Health | |
In office 4 December 2021 – 6 September 2023 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Alex Norris |
Succeeded by | Preet Gill |
In office 18 September 2015 – 28 June 2016 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Luciana Berger |
Succeeded by | Sharon Hodgson |
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
In office 14 June 2017 – 6 April 2020 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Roberta Blackman-Woods |
Succeeded by | Steve Reed |
Labour Party Co-National Campaign Coordinator | |
In office 10 February 2017 – 5 April 2020 Serving with Ian Lavery | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Jon Trickett |
Succeeded by | Angela Rayner |
Shadow Minister without Portfolio | |
In office 7 October 2016 – 14 June 2017 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Jonathan Ashworth |
Succeeded by | Ian Lavery |
Member of Parliament for Gorton and Denton Denton and Reddish (2005–2024) | |
Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Bennett |
Shadow Minister for Social Care | |
In office 6 September 2023 – 4 July 2024 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Liz Kendall |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew John Gwynne 4 June 1974 Manchester, England, UK |
Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
Spouse |
Allison Dennis (m. 2003) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Tameside College Wrexham Glyndŵr University University of Salford |
Website | Official website |
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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.