Andy Love
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Member of Parliament for Edmonton |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Twinn |
| Succeeded by | Kate Osamor |
| Majority | 9,613 (23.8%) |
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21 March 1949 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Rosenthal (m. 1983-present) |
| Alma mater | Strathclyde University |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | andylovemp.com |
Andrew McCulloch Love (born 21 March 1949) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton from 1997 to 2015, winning in 2010 with 53.7% of the vote.
Born in Greenock, Andy Love was educated at Greenock High School (became Inverclyde Academy in 2007) on Inverkip Road before attending the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, where he was awarded a BSc degree. He moved to London in 1974 and joined the Labour Party the following year. He studied for the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators qualification.
He was elected to the London Borough of Haringey Council in 1980 for two terms and chaired both the council's finance and housing committees. He also served as a member of the North East Thames Regional Health Authority. In 1985 he became the political secretary for Co-operative Retail Services (now part of The Co-operative Group), and in 1993 he became the parliamentary officer of the Cooperative Party.
Love contested the Edmonton seat at the 1992 General Election, losing by 593 votes to the sitting Conservative MP Ian Twinn. In the Labour landslide at the 1997 election, he unseated Twinn, with a majority of 13,472 votes, and has held the seat since
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