Andrew Lansley

The Right Honourable The Lord Lansley CBE DL
Official portrait, 2018
Leader of the House of Commons
In office 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	George Young
Succeeded by	William Hague
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	George Young
Succeeded by	The Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Secretary of State for Health
In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Andy Burnham
Succeeded by	Jeremy Hunt
Shadow cabinet posts Shadow Secretary of State for Health In office 19 June 2004 – 11 May 2010 Leader Michael Howard David Cameron Preceded by Tim Yeo Succeeded by Andy Burnham Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office In office 15 June 1999 – 18 September 2001 Leader William Hague Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Tim Collins
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 26 October 2015 Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Heidi Allen
Personal details
Born	(1956-12-11) 11 December 1956 (age 67) Hornchurch, England
Political party	Social Democrats (Before 1988)[1] Conservative (1988–present)
Spouse(s)	Marilyn Biggs (Divorced) Sally Low
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Exeter
Website	Official website

Andrew David Lansley, Baron Lansley, CBE, PC, DL (born 11 December 1956) is a British Conservative politician who previously served as Secretary of State for Health and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2015.

Lansley was born in Hornchurch, Essex, and studied Politics at the University of Exeter. He worked in the civil service before entering politics. He ran the Conservatives' campaign in the 1992 general election while at the Conservative Research Department, and later was Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party at the 2001 general election.

Lansley was the Shadow Secretary of State for Health from 2004 until 2010, the Secretary of State for Health from 2010 until 2012, and Leader of the House of Commons from 2012 until 2014. As Health Secretary, Lansley was responsible for the government's controversial Health and Social Care Act 2012. He announced his intention to stand down as an MP in 2015,^[2] and was awarded a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.^[3] Following his career in Westminster, Lansley advised corporate clients on healthcare reforms, despite David Cameron's pledge to close the “revolving door” between Whitehall and the private sector.^[4]