Andrew Griffiths
Andrew Griffiths is the Conservative MP for Burton. [1] She was elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 6,304. [2]
Background
Griffiths first embarked on a career in politics in 1999 when he joined the West Midlands MEP team in the European Parliament in Brussels. Within this team he was appointed adviser on farming, working for the European agricultural spokesman Neil Parish. [2]
In 2004 Griffiths returned to Westminster to work for the shadow cabinet, as chief of staff to Theresa May, where he worked on environment, transport and later family policy. In 2006, he then moved to work for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport , working as chief of staff to MP Hugo Swire. [3]
After that Griffiths went to work for Eric Pickles, the then shadow secretary of state for communities and local government, as chief of staff focusing on community cohesion and local government matters. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Andrew Griffiths MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Andrew Griffiths politics.co.uk, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 About Andrew] Andrew Griffiths MP, accessed 5 March 2015
