Andrew Griffith

This article is about the MP for Arundel and South Downs. For the MP for Burton, see Andrew Griffiths (politician). For the American actor, see Andy Griffith.

Andrew Griffith
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 November 2024
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byKevin Hollinrake
Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
In office
8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byPeter Kyle
Succeeded byAlan Mak
Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
In office
13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byGeorge Freeman
Succeeded byThe Lord Vallance of Balham
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byRichard Fuller
Succeeded byBim Afolami
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
7 September 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byLucy Frazer
Succeeded byVictoria Atkins
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports
In office
8 July 2022 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMike Freer
Succeeded byMarcus Fysh
Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
Minister for Policy
In office
3 February 2022 – 8 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMunira Mirza
Succeeded byJamie Hope
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
17 September 2021 – 3 February 2022
Serving with Sarah Dines
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAlex Burghart
Trudy Harrison
Succeeded byJoy Morrissey
Lia Nici
James Duddridge
Member of Parliament
for Arundel and South Downs
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byNick Herbert
Majority12,134 (22.2%)
Prime Minister's Chief Business Adviser
In office
23 July 2019 – 12 December 2019
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAlex Hickman
Personal details
Born (1971-02-23) 23 February 1971 (age 53)
Bexleyheath, London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Barbara Griffith
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(m. 1997)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Websitewww.andrewgriffith.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Andrew John Griffith (born 23 February 1971)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician and former senior media executive who has been Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade since November 2024[2] and Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel and South Downs since 2019.[3]

He was Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from July to November 2024.[4] and had previously been Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation from November 2023.[5] He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports from July 2022 until September 2022,[6][7] as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit from February 2022 to July 2022, and as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2022 to 2023.[8][9]

Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament, Griffith served as the Chief financial officer and Chief operating officer of Sky, as well as Chairman of Just Eat.

  1. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. ^ "Philp appointed shadow home secretary by Badenoch". Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Arundel & South Downs parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. ^ "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Ministerial appointments: November 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Andrew Griffith MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Ministerial appointments: July 2022". GOV.UK. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Ministerial Appointment: 3 February 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 October 2022.