As an MP and former Minister, Dame Andrea has been in parliament through some of the most turbulant and memorable times. Beginning in 2015 when she was elected as the MP for Morley & Outwood ahead of Ed Balls.

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Through the Brexit years, David Cameron's resignation, her publicly calling for Theresa May to resign. She was a government Whip and Minister under Boris Johnson, and under Liz Truss's Premiership. She was also the first MP to publicly put a vote of no confidence letter in against Rishi Sunak. Andrea has been renowned for her honesty and Yorkshire bluntness in politics this last decade.

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In November 2024, Andrea defected from the Conservative Party to join Nigel Farage and the Reform UK Party. She is proudly standing to be the Reform Candidate for the Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire (2025). www.Andrea4Mayor.co.uk

 

​Previous Appointments

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State – Minister for Higher Education, Further Education, Skills, and Apprenticeships

Government Whip

Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG)

Chair of several All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG)

Former Vice-President of the Local Government Association (LGA)

Andrea was also a Ministerial aide for Rishi Sunak, Dominic Raab and Robert Jenrick.