Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8516
Fax: 020 7219 1981
andrew.mitchell.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
Sutton Coldfield Conservative Association, 36 High Street, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1UP
Tel: 0121-354 2229
Fax: 0121-321 1762
info@sutton-coldfield-tories.org.uk
www.suttoncoldfieldconservatives.com
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Sunderland South 1983 general election. Member for Gedling 1987-97. Contested Gedling 1997 general election. Member for Sutton Coldfield 2001-10, for Sutton Coldfield (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to:
William Waldegrave as Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1988-90,
John Wakeham as Secretary of State for Energy 1990-92;
Assistant Government Whip 1992-93;
Government Whip 1993-95;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 1995-97;
Shadow Minister for:
Economic Affairs 2003-04,
Home Affairs 2004-05;
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development 2005-10;
Secretary of State for International Development 2010-12;
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury September-October 2012;
Chief Whip September-October 2012;
Member, Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee September-October 2012
Party groups
Chair, Cambridge University Conservative Association 1977;
Secretary, One Nation Group of Conservative MPs 1989-92, 2005-;
Vice-chair, Conservative Party (candidates) 1992-93
Select committees
Member: Work and Pensions 2001-03,
Modernisation of the House of Commons 2002-04,
Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee 2012-
Political interests
International development, health, defence, economy
Countries of interest
Africa, Far East, USA
General Election 2010 - Sutton Coldfield
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Mitchell, Andrew |
Con |
27303 |
53.87% |
| Pocock, Rob |
Lab |
10298 |
20.32% |
| Brighton, Richard |
Lib Dem |
9117 |
17.99% |
| Grierson, Robert |
BNP |
1749 |
3.46% |
| Siddall-Jones, Edward |
UKIP |
1587 |
3.14% |
| Rooney, Joe |
Green |
535 |
1.06% |
| Result |
Con Hold (3.41% from Lab to Con) |