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Andrew Smith (British politician)

The Right Honourable
Andrew Smith
MP
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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office
29 May 2002 – 8 September 2004
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by Alistair Darling
Succeeded by Alan Johnson
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
11 October 1999 – 29 May 2002
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by Alan Milburn
Succeeded by Paul Boateng
Minister of State for Employment and Disability Rights
In office
2 May 1997 – 11 October 1999
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by Eric Forth
Succeeded by Tessa Jowell
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
In office
25 July 1996 – 2 May 1997
Leader Tony Blair
Preceded by Clare Short
Succeeded by George Young
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
21 July 1994 – 25 July 1996
Leader Tony Blair
Preceded by Harriet Harman
Succeeded by Alistair Darling
Member of Parliament
for Oxford East
Assumed office
11 June 1987
Preceded by Steven Norris
Majority 15,280 (30.1%)
Personal details
Born (1951-02-01) 1 February 1951 (age 66)
Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Val Miles (1976–2015)
Alma mater St John's College, Oxford
Website Official website

Andrew David Smith (born 1 February 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford East since 1987. He served in the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1999 to 2002 and then as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2002 to 2004.

He was educated at Reading School and St John's College, Oxford, where he gained a BA and Bachelor of Philosophy. He was the Member Relations Officer for Oxford and Swindon Co-op Society from 1979-87. He became an Oxford City Councillor in 1976, leaving the council in 1987. He contested Oxford East in 1983.

Smith has been the Member of Parliament for Oxford East, which he won in 1987 from the Conservative Party. After Labour's victory in the 1997 general election he was made a minister in the Department for Education and Employment. He was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1999 to 2002, when he became Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; he resigned from this post on 6 September 2004, to spend more time with his family. He won re-election in his Oxford East seat in the 2005 General Election, but saw his majority slashed by 90%.


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