Stuart Andrew

The Right Honourable Stuart Andrew MP
Official portrait, 2021
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In office 22 July 2025 – 31 August 2026
Leader	Kemi Badenoch
Preceded by	Edward Argar
Succeeded by	Damian Hinds
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office 5 November 2024 – 22 July 2025
Leader	Kemi Badenoch
Preceded by	Julia Lopez
Succeeded by	Nigel Huddleston
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons
In office 8 July 2024 – 3 November 2024
Leader	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Alan Campbell
Succeeded by	Rebecca Harris
Ministerial positions Minister of State for Prisons and Probation In office 8 July 2022 – 7 September 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by Victoria Atkins Succeeded by Rob Butler Minister of State for Housing In office 8 February 2022 – 6 July 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by Chris Pincher Succeeded by Marcus Jones
Junior ministerial positions Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society In office 8 September 2022 – 5 July 2024 Prime Minister Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Preceded by Nigel Huddleston Succeeded by The Baroness Twycross (Gambling) Stephanie Peacock (Sport and Civil Society) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities In office 27 October 2022 – 5 July 2024 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Preceded by The Baroness Stedman-Scott Succeeded by Anneliese Dodds (Women and Equalities) Government Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household In office 13 February 2020 – 8 February 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by Amanda Milling Succeeded by Chris Pincher Vice-Chamberlain of the Household In office 28 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by Craig Whittaker Succeeded by Marcus Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement In office 19 July 2018 – 28 July 2019 Prime Minister Theresa May Preceded by Guto Bebb Succeeded by Anne-Marie Trevelyan Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales In office 9 January 2018 – 19 July 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May Preceded by Guto Bebb Succeeded by Mims Davies
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Paul Truswell
Constituency	Pudsey (2010–2024) Daventry (2024–present)
Majority	3,012 (5.7%)
Personal details
Born	Stuart James Andrew (1971-11-25) 25 November 1971 Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Party	Conservative (before 1998, 2000–present)
Other political affiliations	Labour (1998–2000)
Education	Ysgol David Hughes
Website	stuartandrew.org.uk

Stuart James Andrew (born 25 November 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from July 2025 to August 2026. He has also been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Daventry in Northamptonshire since 2024. He was previously MP for Pudsey in West Yorkshire from 2010 until the constituency was abolished before the July 2024 election.

Andrew was born in Anglesey, Wales. He was a councillor on Wrexham County Borough Council from 1995 to 1999. Elected as a Conservative, he defected to the Labour Party in 1998 before rejoining the Conservative Party in 2000. He was a councillor on Leeds City Council from 2003 to 2010. He was elected for Pudsey at the 2010 general election. He was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State under Theresa May. He served in four positions under Boris Johnson, as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 2019 to 2020; Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons from 2020 to 2022; Minister of State for Housing from February to July 2022, and Minister of State for Prisons and Probation from July to September 2022. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society in September 2022 by Liz Truss. He was retained in the position and was also appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities by Rishi Sunak in October 2022.