Andrew Gwynne
Andrew Gwynne | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention | |
| In office 9 July 2024 – 8 February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Andrea Leadsom |
| Succeeded by | Ashley Dalton |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
| In office 14 June 2017 – 6 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Roberta Blackman-Woods |
| Succeeded by | Steve Reed |
| Labour Party Co-National Campaign Coordinator | |
| In office 10 February 2017 – 5 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Jon Trickett |
| Succeeded by | Angela Rayner |
| Shadow Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 7 October 2016 – 14 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Ashworth |
| Succeeded by | Ian Lavery |
| Member of Parliament for Gorton and Denton Denton and Reddish (2005–2024) | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Bennett |
| Majority | 13,413 (36.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew John Gwynne 4 June 1974 Manchester, England |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative (suspended) |
| Spouse |
Allison Dennis (m. 2003) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Tameside College Wrexham Glyndŵr University University of Salford |
| Website | Official website |
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Andrew John Gwynne (born 4 June 1974) is a British politician who is Member of Parliament (MP) for Gorton and Denton, previously Denton and Reddish, since 2005. He was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention from 2024 until February 2025, when he was dismissed and had his Labour membership suspended because of offensive messages he had written on WhatsApp.
Gwynne served in the shadow cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Minister without Portfolio from 2016 to 2017. He was Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Labour Party Co-National Campaign Coordinator from 2017 to 2020.
In 2023, he became the President of Friends of Real Lancashire, a group dedicated to promoting and preserving the heritage and identity of the historic county of Lancashire, following the death of the group's founder. He is the son of the late broadcaster and pundit John Gwynne.