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Andy Reed
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'''Andrew John Reed''' (born
17 September 1964) is a
United Kingdom British Labour Party (UK) Labour and
Co-operative Party Co-operative Member of Parliament for the
Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency) Loughborough constituency.
He spent the first two years of his life living on the Netherhall Estate in
Leicester before moving to
Birstall, Leicestershire Birstall in
1966 where he became involved in the
Boys' Brigade and the local
Methodism Methodist Church. In
1983–
1987 he studied at
De Montfort University (then called Leicester Polytechnic) where he completed a
Bachelor of Arts BA (Hons) degree in Public Administration. Reed joined the Labour Party in
1983/
1984 84 and in
1987 he was elected as a
Civil Parish Parish Councillor, a position he held until
1991. Between
1988 and
1994, he served as a
School governors governor at his old school, Stonehill High. In
1991 he moved to
Sileby where he stayed until
1997, becoming a governor at Highgate Primary School in
1994. Reed worked on the
John Smith (UK politician) John Smith leadership campaign in
1992 as a coordinator for the
East Midlands. He was elected to the Sileby Ward of
Charnwood (borough) Charnwood Borough Council in May
1995. Reed now lives in
Quorn, Leicestershire Quorn with his wife Sarah, whom he married in
1992, and their two children.
Reed worked as a Parliamentary assistant to
Keith Vaz from
1987 until
1988 when he joined
Leicester#Politics in Leicester Leicester City Council, working in Urban Regeneration on the Inner Area Programme and later as a Project Officer for Recreation & Arts. He joined Leicestershire County Council in
1990 as an Employment Officer in the Employment Initiatives Team. He then joined the Economic Development Section where he dealt with
voluntary sector employment projects before becoming the European Affairs Officer for the County Council in
1994–
1997.
Although he first stood for Parliament in Loughborough in
1992, Andy Reed was not elected until the
United Kingdom general election, 1997 subsequent election in
1997 when the previous MP,
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Secretary of State for Health Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell, moved with his key rural voters to the newly created
Charnwood (UK Parliament constituency) Charnwood constituency after a boundary change. Prior to the
United Kingdom general election, 2001 2001 election Reed served as a
Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the
Department of Culture, Media and Sport Culture, Media and Sport ministerial team, working with
Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury Chris Smith,
Alan Howarth,
Janet Anderson and
Minister of Sport Kate Hoey. In
2001 he was returned with an increased majority and became the PPS to
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett, but resigned in
2003 in protest at the Government's decision to support a US-led
2003 invasion of Iraq invasion of Iraq without a
United Nations UN resolution. He retained his seat in the
United Kingdom general election, 2005 2005 election but with a reduced majority, and was recalled to the Government to be a PPS to the
HM Treasury Treasury ministerial team, working with the
Paymaster-General Dawn Primarolo.
Reed is a member of various All–Party Parliamentary Groups and is an officer in the following: Bermuda–Britain (Secretary), Christians in Parliament (Vice–Chair), Debt, Aid & Trade (Secretary) and Sports (Secretary). He is also Chair of the Sports Caucus, a small group of MPs with a common interest in sport and captained the winning
House of Commons swimming team in the
House of Lords Lords vs. Commons
swimming gala in
2000,
2002 and
2004.
A keen sportsman, Reed is the President of Birstall
Rugby Football Club and Chaired East Midlands Sport in
2000–
2003, has been Chair of the Shadow Board of the County Sports Partnership for
Leicestershire since
2004 and also Chairs the National Strategic Partnership for Volunteers in Sport. He is active on matters relating to the church as well as international development and
Fair trade.
External links
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Andy Reed MP – official site
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BBC News – MP speaks of resignation 'regret'
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Christians in Parliament
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Birstall Rugby Football Club
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Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Andy Reed MP
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TheyWorkForYou.com – Andy Reed MP
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| title =
Member of Parliament MP for
Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency) Loughborough
| start = 1997
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Stephen Dorrell
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Category:1964 births Reed, Andy
Category:Living people Reed, Andy
Category:British MPs Reed, Andy
Category:UK Labour Party politicians Reed, Andy
Category:UK Co-operative Party politicians Reed, Andy
Category:Councillors in the East Midlands Reed, Andy
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