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{{Template:Fracking badge}}'''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> | {{Template:Fracking badge}}'''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> | ||
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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
After attending Tonbridge Girls Grammar School in Kent, Leadsom went on to read political science at Warwick University. She then went on to serve on the Treasury Select Committee from 2010 until 2014.
Prior to this, 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]
Select committees
- Public Accounts Committee, May 2014 - Mar 2015
- Treasury Committee, Jul 2010 - May 2014
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ Andrea Leadsom, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministerial appointments: April 2014, gov.uk, 9 April 2014.
