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| − | [[Image:Andrea_Leadsom_MP.jpg||300px|thumb|right|Andrea Leadsom. ''Photo:DECC'']]'''Andrea Leadsom''' is the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for South Northamptonshire<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrea-leadsom/4117 Andrea Leadsom], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.</ref> | + | [[Image:Andrea_Leadsom_MP.jpg||300px|thumb|right|Andrea Leadsom. ''Photo:DECC'']]'''Andrea Leadsom''' is the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for South Northamptonshire,<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrea-leadsom/4117 Andrea Leadsom], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.</ref> |
Leadsom entered government as economic secretary to the [[HM Treasury]] in April 2014, as part of a reshuffle prompted by the resignation of [[Maria Miller]] from the cabinet.<ref name= "Gov">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-april-2014 Ministerial appointments: April 2014], gov.uk, 9 April 2014.</ref> | Leadsom entered government as economic secretary to the [[HM Treasury]] in April 2014, as part of a reshuffle prompted by the resignation of [[Maria Miller]] from the cabinet.<ref name= "Gov">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-april-2014 Ministerial appointments: April 2014], gov.uk, 9 April 2014.</ref> | ||
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Before entering politics Leadsom worked in the banking and finance industry for 25 years. Her most recent role was head of corporate governance and senior investment officer at [[Invesco Perpetual]]. <ref name= "Gov"/> | Before entering politics Leadsom worked in the banking and finance industry for 25 years. Her most recent role was head of corporate governance and senior investment officer at [[Invesco Perpetual]]. <ref name= "Gov"/> | ||
| − | + | From 1997-99 Leadsom was managing director of [[De Putron Fund Management]] and then became a senior investment officer at [[Invesco Perpetual]] from 1999 until 2009.<ref> ‘LEADSOM, Andrea Jacqueline’, ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251154 online edn.], Oxford University Press 2013, accessed 9 July 2014.</ref> Using data gathered by the Washington-based organisation the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a July 2014 report by ''The Guardian'' found that [[Peter de Putron]] - brother-in-law of Andrea Leadsom and founder of De Putron Fund Management - had donated £816,000 to the [[Conservative Party]] since 2010, and £680,000 to the [[Open Europe]] think tank since its foundation in 2005.<ref name="banker">David Leigh, James Ball and Leila Haddou, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/08/andrea-leadsom-family-links-offshore-bank-donations-tories Top Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave party £800,000], ''The Guardian'', 8 July 2014, acc 16 July 2014 </ref> The donations to both the Conservatives and to Open Europe were channelled through the company [[Gloucester Research]] (now called [[G-Research]]), at which Andrea’s husband, [[Ben Leadsom]], is a director.<ref name="banker"/> | |
Revision as of 01:32, 4 November 2015
Andrea Leadsom is the UK Conservative Party MP for South Northamptonshire,[1]
Leadsom entered government as economic secretary to the HM Treasury in April 2014, as part of a reshuffle prompted by the resignation of Maria Miller from the cabinet.[2]
After the May 2015 general election Leadsom was appointed minister of state at the Department for Energy and Climate Change.
Background
Before entering politics Leadsom worked in the banking and finance industry for 25 years. Her most recent role was head of corporate governance and senior investment officer at Invesco Perpetual. [2]
From 1997-99 Leadsom was managing director of De Putron Fund Management and then became a senior investment officer at Invesco Perpetual from 1999 until 2009.[3] Using data gathered by the Washington-based organisation the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a July 2014 report by The Guardian found that Peter de Putron - brother-in-law of Andrea Leadsom and founder of De Putron Fund Management - had donated £816,000 to the Conservative Party since 2010, and £680,000 to the Open Europe think tank since its foundation in 2005.[4] The donations to both the Conservatives and to Open Europe were channelled through the company Gloucester Research (now called G-Research), at which Andrea’s husband, Ben Leadsom, is a director.[4]
Education
After attending Tonbridge Girls Grammar School in Kent, Leadsom read political science at Warwick University.
Select committees
- Public Accounts Committee, May 2014 - Mar 2015
- Treasury Committee, Jul 2010 - May 2014
Articles
Affiliations
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Notes
- ↑ Andrea Leadsom, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministerial appointments: April 2014, gov.uk, 9 April 2014.
- ↑ ‘LEADSOM, Andrea Jacqueline’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn., Oxford University Press 2013, accessed 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 David Leigh, James Ball and Leila Haddou, Top Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave party £800,000, The Guardian, 8 July 2014, acc 16 July 2014
