Andrew Stephenson
Conservative Former MP · left 30 May 2024
Represented Pendle · in Parliament since 6 May 2010
Parliamentary participation snapshot
Biography
Parliamentary service
| Constituency | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendle | 6 May 2010 | 30 May 2024 | Elected 4 times |
Party affiliations
| Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 6 May 2010 | 30 May 2024 |
Election history
| Election | Constituency | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendle and Clitheroe |
Previous ministerial & opposition roles
| Role | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) | Government | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 |
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | Government | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | Government | 20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 |
| Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) | Government | 7 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 |
| Minister of State (Department for Transport) | Government | 13 February 2020 | 7 July 2022 |
| Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development) | Government | 25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | Government | 4 April 2019 | 25 July 2019 |
| Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) | Government | 26 July 2018 | 4 April 2019 |
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) | Government | 9 January 2018 | 26 July 2018 |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) | Government | 15 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 |
Voting participation
61st of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Conservative average 73.8%
Participation by year
| Year | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 127 | 101 | 79.5% |
| 2023 | 256 | 241 | 94.1% |
| 2022 | 251 | 204 | 81.3% |
| 2021 | 242 | 211 | 87.2% |
| 2020 | 190 | 164 | 86.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
By Parliament
| Parliament | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58th | 1,068 | 923 | 86.4% |
Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).
Parliamentary activity
joint 629th of 650 current MPs (23 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Conservative average 669
Annual breakdown
| Year | Debate contributions | Debates participated | Written questions | Oral questions | EDMs | Bills sponsored | Petitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 110 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 96 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 156 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 90 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Committee memberships
Not currently a member of any committee.
joint 1st of 515 current MPs (489 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Conservative average 99.9%
Committee membership history
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 2022–2022 · attendance 100.0%
2 bill committees served on
Hansard activity
239th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 552 · Conservative average 899
Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.
Parliamentary timeline
Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.
2010
- – Became MP for Pendle
- – Joined Conservative
2017
- – Appointed: Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
2018
- – Appointed: Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
- – Left role: Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
- – Appointed: Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)
- – Left role: Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2019
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
- – Left role: Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development)
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
2020
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Department for Transport)
- – Left role: Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development)
2022
- – Appointed: Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
- – Left role: Minister of State (Department for Transport)
- – Left role: Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
- – Joined Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
- – Appointed: Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
2023
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
- – Left role: Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
2024
- – Left the House of Commons (Dissolution)
- – Left role: Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.