Andrew Lewer
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Andrew Lewer MBE MP |
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Member of Parliament for Northampton South |
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Assumed office 8 June 2017 |
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| Preceded by | David Mackintosh |
| Majority | 1,159 (2.8%) |
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In office 1 July 2014 – 8 June 2017 |
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| Constituency | East Midlands |
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| Political party | Conservative |
| Website | www.andrewlewer.com |
Andrew Iain LewerMBE (born 18 July 1971 in Burnley, Lancashire) is a British Conservative Party politician. Elected as the Member of Parliament for Northampton South in the 2017 general election, he previously served as Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands since 2014.
Lewer attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Ashbourne before going studying history at Newcastle University then Downing College, Cambridge. He was elected to Derbyshire Dales District Council for the Ashbourne South ward in 2003 and then to Derbyshire County Council for the Ashbourne division in 2005. He became Group Leader in 2007.
In 2009 the Conservatives took control of Derbyshire County Council, for the first time in 28 years, making Lewer the youngest county council leader at the time. He was chairman of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site committee, the founding Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board and a founding director of the Local Enterprise Partnership for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire - D2N2. In the 2013 elections Labour regained control of Derbyshire County Council. He was awarded an MBE for services to local government.
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