| Andy King | |
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| Member of Parliament for Rugby and Kenilworth |
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| In office 1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Pawsey |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Wright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1948 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Andrew "Andy" King (14 September 1948) is a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Rugby and Kenilworth until 2005, having first won the seat in the 1997 general election. He lost his parliamentary seat at the 2005 general election to the Conservative Party candidate, Jeremy Wright.
For the 2010 election, Parliamentary constituency boundaries were redrawn, and Rugby became a seat in its own right. Academic research by election experts Lewis Baston and Simon Henig for The House Magazine suggests that Labour would have won the new Rugby seat in 2005. On 22 July 2007 Andy King was selected by the Rugby Constituency Labour Party as their prospective parliamentary candidate for the 2010 general election, however King lost the new Rugby seat to Mark Pawsey, son of the former MP James Pawsey.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Jim Pawsey |
Member of Parliament for Rugby and Kenilworth 1997–2005 |
Succeeded by Jeremy Wright |