Andrew Pelling

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In office
Andrew Pelling
2005 – present
Preceded by	Geraint Davies
Born	20 August 1959
Constituency	Croydon Central
Political party	Conservative Party
Spouse	Lucy Slaytor

Andrew John Pelling (born August 20, 1959) is a British Conservative politician. He is member of Parliament for Croydon Central, a member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton and a former councillor.

Pelling attended Trinity School, Croydon. He went on to New College, Oxford where he led the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1980. He rose to the position of Librarian (Vice-President) of the Oxford Union and ran for President four times, on one occasion losing to William Hague.

He was first elected to Croydon Council in 1982 in Broad Green ward and later represented the ward of Heathfield. He served as Chair of the Education Committee in the early 1990s and subsequently became Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group when they lost control of the Council in 1994. He was then, from 2002 until 2005, the leader of the opposition Conservative group in Croydon and stepped down from the Council in 2006 after 24 years. He used to be an international investment banker.

Pelling was first elected to the London Assembly in 2000, and retained his seat in 2004. He is a member of the London Development Agency and chairs the GLA budget committee. At the 2005 general election, he won the Croydon Central parliamentary seat by just 75 votes from Labour's Geraint Davies. Following his divorce after the 2005 General Election he has since married Lucy Slaytor.