Andrew Tyrie

The Lord Tyrie
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority
In office
20 June 2018 – 1 September 2020
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Lord Currie
Succeeded byJonathan Scott (acting)
Chair of the Liaison Committee
In office
14 October 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded bySir Alan Beith
Succeeded bySarah Wollaston
Chair of the Treasury Select Committee
In office
10 June 2010 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byJohn McFall
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Paymaster General
In office
15 March 2004 – 6 May 2005
LeaderMichael Howard
Preceded byMark Prisk
Succeeded byMark Francois
Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
11 November 2003 – 15 March 2004
LeaderMichael Howard
Preceded byMark Prisk
Succeeded byMark Hoban
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
12 June 2018
Member of Parliament
for Chichester
In office
1 May 1997 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byAnthony Nelson
Succeeded byGillian Keegan
Personal details
Born (1957-01-15) 15 January 1957 (age 67)
Rochford, Essex, England
Political partyNon-affiliated[1]
Other political
affiliations
Conservative (before 2018)
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
College of Europe
Wolfson College, Cambridge
ProfessionJournalist
Websitewww.andrewtyrie.com

Andrew Guy Tyrie, Baron Tyrie, PC (born 15 January 1957) is a British politician and former chair of the Competition and Markets Authority. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester from 1997 to 2017. Tyrie was previously a special adviser at HM Treasury and chair of the Treasury Select Committee, having taken up the role on 10 June 2010.[2] He was described by Donald Macintyre of The Independent in 2013 as "the most powerful backbencher in the House of Commons",[3] and by The Economist as a liberal conservative.[4]

  1. ^ "Lord Tyrie". Parliament of the United Kingdom.
  2. ^ "Centre for Policy Studies Advisory Board". Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
  3. ^ MacIntyre, Donald (2 April 2013). "Andrew Tyrie: The most powerful backbencher in the House of Commons". Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Keir Starmer, a Lilliputian against a giant". The Economist. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2017.