Andrew Bingham

Andrew Bingham
Andrew Bingham
Bingham in 2010
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for International Development
In office
29 May 2015 – 13 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byJulian Smith
Succeeded byKelly Tolhurst
Member of Parliament
for High Peak
In office
6 May 2010 – 3 May 2017[1]
Preceded byTom Levitt
Succeeded byRuth George
Majority4,894 (9.6%)
Personal details
Born (1962-06-23) 23 June 1962 (age 62)
Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Political partyConservative
ResidenceChapel-en-le-Frith
Alma materUniversity of Derby
ProfessionBusinessman
Websiteparliament..andrew-bingham

Andrew Russell Bingham[2] (born 23 June 1962)[3] is a British Conservative Party politician and former Member of Parliament (MP). He was first elected as the MP for High Peak in Derbyshire[4] at the 2010 general election, gaining the seat from Labour. Bingham was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of State for the Armed Forces Mark Francois MP in July 2014.[citation needed] He lost his seat to the Labour candidate, Ruth George, at the 2017 general election.[5]

Since November 2017, Bingham has been the head of the Government Car Service, part of the Department for Transport based in London.[6]

  1. ^ "Andrew Bingham". www.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8740.
  3. ^ "Andrew Bingham MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Getting to Work". Andrew Bingham. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  5. ^ "High Peak Parliamentary constituency". BBC. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Department for Transport organisation chart - accessible version". Department for Transport. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.