Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham is the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh and the Mayor of Greater Manchester, in office since May 2017. He is a former special adviser to Labour Party's secretary of state for culture, media and sport Chris Smith.

In September 2015 after losing out to Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour party leadership election Burnham was given the post of shadow home secretary.

Background

Liverpool-born Burnham was educated at St Aelred's Roman Catholic High School in Merseyside and later gained an MA in English from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He joined the Labour Party in 1984, during the miners' strike, aged 14. From 1994 to 1997, Burnham worked as a Researcher to the MP Tessa Jowell. From August to December in 1997, he was Parliamentary Officer at the NHS Confederation and in 1998 started work as an administrator for the Football Task Force. From 1998 to 2001, Burnham was a special adviser to the former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Chris Smith. In June 2001, he was elected as the Labour MP for Leigh in Greater Manchester. His subsequent posts are as follows:

• 2001 to 2003: Member of the Health Select Committee
• 2003 to 2004: Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary David Blunkett
• 2004: Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly

Government positions:

• 2005 to 2006: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality at the Home Office
• May 2006 to June 2007: Minister of State for Delivery and Reform at the Department of Health

Cabinet positions:

• June 2007 to January 2008: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• January 2008 to June 2009: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• June 2009: Secretary of State for Health
• May 2010: Shadow Secretary of State for Health

Burnham is married to Marie-France Van Heel, former head of marketing at MTV, BSkyB and Littlewoods Gaming; former Planning Director at Creative Communication Agency WRG; and now a director at MvH Marketing Ltd.

Staff

Philip Ball - Political Adviser, Andy4Leader campaign | Kevin Lee - Political adviser, Andy4Leader, gifted 2 tickets for Rugby World Cup match on 10/102/2015 by Granada TV | Philippa Menzies - Head of operations and events, Andy 4 Leader, from 16 May-12 September 2015

Labour leadership attempts

2010

In May 2010 Burnham announced he would stand in the Labour leadership contest following the resignation of Gordon Brown. He promised to put an end to 'stage managed' politics run by 'elites', adding 'I am a team-player; I've never had time for factions'.

2015

After Labour leader Ed Miliband resigned in May 2015, Burnham announced he would run again in the Labour leadership contest.

Burnham appointed founder and managing director of Insight Consulting Group John Lehal as his campaign manager; Burson Marsteller lobbyist and former director of comms for Ed Miliband's leadership campaign, Katie Myler as director of communications; and Michael Dugher MP as his team chair. Other backers include shadow health minister Luciana Berger, who focused on campaigns and engaging younger voters; shadow Welsh secretary Owen Smith, who focused on questions around the future of the UK; and the shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer.

Donations

For his 2015 Labour Party leadership contest campaign, Burnham received £130,000 in private donations:

Date received	Amount	Name of donor	Role	For
14/05/2015	£20,000	Dr Gabriel Scally	NHS whistle blower who resigned as regional director of public health for the south-west of England in 2012	In support of Burnham's campaign
28/05/2015	£12,227	Graham Nigel Cole	Director at a number of companies, including GKN Defence Limited and Vix Technology Limited	Interest free loan to cover the rental deposit of an office
28/05/2015	£14,773	Graham Nigel Cole	Director at a number of companies, including GKN Defence Limited and Vix Technology Limited	Monthly rental, phone and internet costs.
20/05/2015	£5,000	Imtiaz Shah		In support of Burnham's campaign
03/06/2015	£2,500	Gurinder Sandhu		In support of Burnham's campaign
03/06/2015	£5,000	DCD Properties Ltd	A property company based in London	In support of Burnham's campaign
05/06/2015	£2,000.00	Michael Sternberg		In support of Burnham's campaign
08/06/2015	£5,000.00	La Morada Ltd	A company based in Runcorn and run by Wesley John Allmark	In support of Burnham's campaign
10/06/2015	£20,000.00	Ecotricity Group Ltd	Renewable energy firm owned by Dale Vince, a Labour Party donor.	In support of Burnham's campaign
12/06/2015	£5,000.00	Vermont Construction Ltd	A construction company based in Liverpool	In support of Burnham's campaign
16/06/2015	£5,000.00	Paul Flanagan		In support of Burnham's campaign
25/06/2015	£10,000.00	Graham Nigel Cole	Director at a number of companies, including GKN Defence Limited and Vix Technology Limited	In support of Burnham's campaign
05/06/2015	£2,000.00	Michael Sternberg		In support of Burnham's campaign
30/05/2015	£10,000	Imtiaz Shah		In support of Burnham's campaign
02/07/2015	£5,000.00	M Naheed Randhawa		In support of Burnham's campaign
30/06/2015	£2,000.00	Dr Reza Tabrizi	CEO at Caspian General Investments plc	In support of Burnham's campaign
03/07/2015	£3,000.00	Sir Sigmund Sternberg	Philanthropist, businessman and Labour Party donor	In support of Burnham's campaign
01/07/2015	£2,000.00	Dr Ann G Limb	Chair of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership and non-executive director of Homes and Communities Agency, amongst other roles	In support of Burnham's campaign
26/06/2015	£1,200.00	Howard Borrington	Director of UK Government Affairs at MBDA, the 'world leader in missiles and missile systems'	In support of Burnham's campaign
07/07/2015	£800.00	Howard Borrington	Director of UK Government Affairs at MBDA, the 'world leader in missiles and missile systems'	In support of Burnham's campaign
30/06/2015	£2,000.00	Syed H Raza		In support of Burnham's campaign

Meeting with lobbyists

In June 2015, Labour MPs including Burnham, Chuka Umunna, Tristram Hunt, Emma Reynolds and Chris Bryant and peer Lord Mandelson, Conservative MP Sajid Javid and Mayor of London candidate Sol Campbell attended a bash at the Mondrian London hotel. Also in attendance were Charles Lewington (founder and MD of Hanover Communications), Tim Allan (MD of Portland) and John Lehal (founder and MD of Insight Consulting Group).

Contact, Resources, Notes

Contact

Website: http://andy4leader.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/andyburnhammp