Andrew Percy
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Andrew Percy MP |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Communities and Local Government Minister for the Northern Powerhouse |
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Assumed office 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Sec. of State | Sajid Javid |
| Preceded by | James Wharton |
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Member of Parliament for Brigg and Goole |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Cawsey |
| Majority | 11,176 (25.8%) |
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September 18, 1977 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
University of York University of Leeds |
| Website | www |
Andrew Theakstone Percy (born 18 September 1977) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Brigg and Goole in 2010 and is an active member of many groups in Parliament including All Party Parliamentary Groups on Financial Education for Young People, Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire as well as a member of the anti-European Union Better Off Out Group. He has been the Minister for the Northern Powerhouse since 2016.
Percy was born in Hull and brought up in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He attended the all-boys (11–16) comprehensive William Gee School on Bishop Alcock Road, which closed in August 2001 to merge with Amy Johnson School on Ringrose Street to form Endeavour High School. Percy gained a degree at the University of York and studied at the University of Leeds as a post-graduate law student. He worked as a secondary school history teacher and has taught in several schools. This has included time additionally spent working in the United States and Canada.
Before being elected to Parliament in 2010, he served as a parish councillor for Airmyn, near Goole, and for ten years as a councillor on Hull City Council. He contested the seat of Normanton in 2005 but was ultimately unsuccessful.
Percy was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Brigg and Goole in the 2010 general election by a majority of 5,147. In the 2015 general election he increased his majority to 11,176, receiving 53 per cent of the vote.
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