Andrew MacKay

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Andrew James MacKay (born August 27, 1949, Birmingham) is a British Conservative Party politician, and currently the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bracknell in Berkshire.

Mackay first entered parliament in 1977, after winning the Birmingham Stechford by-election. He lost the seat at the 1979 general election, but re-entered parliament in 1983 as MP for Berkshire East.

He was deputy Chief Whip under John Major, and was shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1997 to September 2001 during the leadership of William Hague. He has remained on the backbenches since but was appointed a Conservative Deputy Chairman in September 2004 with responsibility for candidates, and upon the election of David Cameron in November 2005 moved to become a Senior Parliamentary & Political Adviser to the new Conservative leader.

He has two adult children from a previous relationship: Hamish and Georgina. In 1998 he married Julie Kirkbride, the Conservative MP for the constituency of Bromsgrove. The couple have a son Angus Robert (born October 2000)

[edit] Political career

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Roy Jenkins	Member of Parliament for Birmingham Stechford 1977–1979	Succeeded by Terry Davis
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Berkshire East 1983–1997	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (constituency created)	Member of Parliament for Bracknell 1997 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Timothy Kirkhope	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (Government whip) 1996	Succeeded by Derek Conway
Preceded by Greg Knight	Treasurer of the Household 1996-1997	Succeeded by George Mudie
Preceded by Mo Mowlam	Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1997–2001	Succeeded by Quentin Davies