| Andrea Leadsom MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Majority | 20,478 (34.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1963 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Ben Leadsom |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick |
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom[2] (born 1 May 1963),[3] is the Conservative Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire.[4]
She is married to Ben Leadsom, with whom she has three children. She studied political science at the University of Warwick.
Prior to her election in 2010, Leadsom was a councillor on South Oxfordshire District Council between 2003 and 2007, and also contested Knowsley South constituency in the 2005 general election.
Andrea Leadsom was a member of the controversial A-List.[5] and was one of the first on this priority list to be selected for a seat, chosen as she was in June 2006 for the newly-created South Northamptonshire constituency. The notional majority for the seat was 11,356. In the event, she won it with a majority of more than 20,000.
She stepped down from her job as Head of Corporate Governance at Invesco Perpetual in order to concentrate on politics.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Constituency created |
Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire 2010–present |
Incumbent |