Andrew Tyrie
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The Right Honourable Andrew Tyrie MP |
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| Chairman of the Liaison Committee | |
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Assumed office 14 October 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Alan Beith |
| Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee | |
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Assumed office 10 June 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John McFall |
| Shadow Paymaster General | |
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In office 15 March 2004 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | Mark Prisk |
| Succeeded by | Mark Francois |
| Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 11 November 2003 – 15 March 2004 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | Mark Prisk |
| Succeeded by | Mark Hoban |
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Member of Parliament for Chichester |
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Assumed office 2 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Anthony Nelson |
| Majority | 24,413 (42.72%) |
| Personal details | |
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15 January 1957 Rochford, Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
Trinity College, Oxford College of Europe Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Website | www.andrewtyrie.com |
Andrew Guy Tyrie (born 15 January 1957) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester since the 1997 general election. He had previously been a Special Adviser at HM Treasury and is the current Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, having taken up the role on 10 June 2010. He has been described by The Independent as "the most powerful backbencher in the House of Commons".
Tyrie was born at Rochford, Essex, on 15 January 1957. He was educated at Felsted School and Trinity College, Oxford, where he read PPE, graduating in 1979. He then went to the College of Europe at Bruges, earning a postgraduate Certificate of Advanced European Studies, followed by Wolfson College, Cambridge, where he obtained the degree of MPhil.
Tyrie worked at the group head office of British Petroleum (now BP) from 1981 to 1983. From 1990 to 1991, he was a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, then a senior economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 1992 to 1997.
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