Stuart Andrew

Stuart Andrew
Official portrait, 2021
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Assumed office
5 November 2024
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byJulia Lopez
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons
In office
8 July 2024 – 3 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byAlan Campbell
Succeeded byRebecca Harris
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society[a]
In office
8 September 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byNigel Huddleston
Succeeded byThe Baroness Twycross (Gambling)
Stephanie Peacock (Sport and Civil Society)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities
In office
27 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byThe Baroness Stedman-Scott
Succeeded byAnneliese Dodds (Women and Equalities)
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation
In office
8 July 2022 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byVictoria Atkins
Succeeded byRob Butler
Minister of State for Housing
In office
8 February 2022 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byChris Pincher
Succeeded byMarcus Jones
Government Deputy Chief Whip
Treasurer of the Household
In office
13 February 2020 – 8 February 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAmanda Milling
Succeeded byChris Pincher
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
28 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byCraig Whittaker
Succeeded byMarcus Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement
In office
19 July 2018 – 28 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byGuto Bebb
Succeeded byAnne-Marie Trevelyan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
9 January 2018 – 19 July 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byGuto Bebb
Succeeded byMims Davies
Member of Parliament
for Daventry
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byChris Heaton-Harris
Majority3,012 (5.7%)
Member of Parliament
for Pudsey
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byPaul Truswell
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1971-11-25) 25 November 1971 (age 52)
Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Political partyConservative (before 1998, 2000–present)
Other political
affiliations
Labour (1998–2000)
EducationYsgol David Hughes
Websitestuartandrew.org.uk

Stuart James Andrew (born 25 November 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Daventry in Northamptonshire since 2024. He was previously MP for Pudsey in West Yorkshire from 2010 to 2024.

Andrew was born in Anglesey, Wales. He was a councillor on Wrexham County Borough Council from 1995 to 1999. Elected as a Conservative, he defected to the Labour Party in 1998 before rejoining the Conservative Party in 2000. He was a councillor on Leeds City Council from 2003 to 2010. He was elected for Pudsey at the 2010 general election. He was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State under Theresa May. He served in four positions under Boris Johnson, as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 2019 to 2020; Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons from 2020 to 2022; Minister of State for Housing from February to July 2022, and Minister of State for Prisons and Probation from July to September 2022.[1] He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society in September 2022 by Liz Truss. He was retained in the position and was also appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities by Rishi Sunak in October 2022.[2][3]


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  1. ^ "Ministerial appointments: July 2022". 7 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2022". 6 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 October 2022.