Andrew Murrison

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The Westbury constituency within Wiltshire

Dr Andrew William Murrison (born 24 April 1961, Colchester) is a doctor and politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for Westbury.

1 Early life
2 Medical and Naval Career
3 Political Career
4 Family
5 See Also
6 References

[edit] Early life

He grew up in Harwich, Essex, and went to local schools there.

[edit] Medical and Naval Career

Murrison qualified as a doctor from the Bristol University medical school in 1984 and holds the degrees of MD, MB and ChB. He served as a medical officer in the Royal Navy until 2000, retiring with the rank of Surgeon Commander. During his Naval career he served as an Honorary Research Registrar at Southampton General Hospital and spent one year as a postgraduate student at Cambridge University, obtaining a Diploma in Public Health. From 2000, he worked as a General Practitioner locum in Wiltshire and as a Consultant at Gloucester Royal Hospital.

In 2003, as a naval reserve officer, he was recalled to serve in Iraq for a six-month tour of duty.

[edit] Political Career

Murrison was first selected as the prospective Conservative candidate for the West Wiltshire constituency of Westbury in September 2000 and was elected as Member of Parliament for the constituency in June 2001. He was then appointed to the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee and was also a member of the Standing Committee on the NHS Reform Bill. He also takes an interest in defence policy. In November 2003 he was appointed as the Conservative spokesman on Health.

He was re-elected to parliament at the General Election in May 2005, and now serves as one of three Shadow Ministers for Health.