Andrea Leadsom
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The Right Honourable Andrea Leadsom MP |
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| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Truss |
| Minister of State for Energy | |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Matt Hancock |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister) |
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In office 9 April 2014 – 11 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
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Nicky Morgan (as Economic Secretary to the Treasury) Sajid Javid (as City Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Harriett Baldwin |
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Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 26,416 (43.4%) |
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Andrea Jacqueline Salmon 13 May 1963 Aylesbury, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Ben Leadsom |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick |
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom PC MP (pronounced /ˈlɛdsəm/; née Salmon; born 13 May 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician who was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 14 July 2016. She previously served as Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change since May 2015, having held the posts of Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from April 2014. She has been a Member of Parliament representing South Northamptonshire since 2010.
After graduating with a degree in political science at the University of Warwick, she worked in junior roles, including as a personal assistant, at Barclays and Invesco Perpetual. Leadsom was first elected to the House of Commons in the constituency South Northamptonshire in the 2010 general election.
Leadsom was a prominent member of the Leave campaign during the 2016 EU referendum and gained standing in referendum TV debates. On David Cameron's resignation, Leadsom became one of five candidates in the election for the leadership of the governing Conservative Party, and thereby for the prime ministership. In the second round of voting by MPs she came second to Theresa May, and the two women would have proceeded to a ballot of party members, but Leadsom withdrew from the contest before this could happen, stating that she did not have enough support to win, and endorsed May, who became party leader and Prime Minister. Leadsom had been criticised for suggesting that May was unsuitable to be Prime Minister as she had no children; there were also questions raised in the media about the accuracy of Leadsom's CV. May appointed Leadsom as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in her first cabinet.
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