Andy McDonald (politician)
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Andy McDonald MP |
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McDonald (left) with Ed Miliband
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | |
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Assumed office 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Lilian Greenwood |
| Shadow Minister of State for Transport | |
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In office 7 January 2016 – 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Reynolds |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
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Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough |
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Assumed office 29 November 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Stuart Bell |
| Majority | 12,477 (38.1%) |
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Andrew Joseph McDonald 8 March 1958 Middlesbrough, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Leeds Beckett University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Andrew Joseph McDonald (born 8 March 1958) is a British Labour politician and solicitor. He has been the Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2012.
Andy McDonald was born in Acklam, Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire.
McDonald was educated at a number of local schools, including St. Francis Primary School, St. Edward's Primary School and St. George's Secondary School (which later became Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough). He attended St. Mary's Sixth Form College before studying for a law degree at Leeds Polytechnic.
He worked as a lawyer for over a quarter of a century and rose to be Senior Serious Injury Solicitor at the Middlesbrough office of Thompsons Solicitors and to lead the firm's Serious Injury Unit for the Cumbria, Humberside, North East, and Yorkshire areas. He was also the Thompson's Head of Military Claims for members of the British Armed Forces. Whilst working for the firm, McDonald acted as a special adviser to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee for its 2003 report on Armed Forces Pensions and Compensation. He has also served as both Chair and as Secretary of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers' Military Special Interest Group and was a founder member of The Royal British Legion's Solicitors Group.
McDonald has been involved in various good causes in the Middlesbrough area. He was a governor of Abingdon Primary School for fifteen years until 2010 and became a governor of Middlesbrough College in 2012. He has also been chair of two local charities, the Davison Trust, which works with children with special needs, and the Teesside branch of , which works with people with brain injuries.
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