Andrew Mitchell
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Andrew John Bower Mitchell (born 23 March 1956) is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield. Mitchell is Shadow International Development Secretary and Shadow Minister for Birmingham.
He was educated at Rugby School and, after a short-service commission in the Royal Tank Regiment, graduated from Cambridge where he studied history. Mitchell was Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association in Michaelmas 1977 and the President of the Cambridge Union in 1978. He was an MP for Gedling, in Nottinghamshire between 1987 and 1997 part of which he served as a junior minister under John Major. In 2001, he was elected to become the MP for Sutton Coldfield, in Birmingham. He was made a shadow minister and later appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for International Aid and Development. Mitchell is married with two children and is the son of David Mitchell, a former MP.
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- Andrew Mitchell official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Andrew Mitchell MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Andrew Mitchell MP
- The Public Whip - Andrew Mitchell MP voting record
- BBC News - Andrew Mitchell profile 10 February, 2005
- Open Directory Project - Andrew Mitchell directory category
- Pan-African Free Trade Agreement: Helping Africa through Free Trade - Andrew Mitchell talks at the Cato Institute
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| Preceded by Philip Holland |
Member of Parliament for Gedling 1987–1997 |
Succeeded by Vernon Coaker |
| Preceded by Norman Fowler |
Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield 2001 – present |
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