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Andrew Stunell

The Right Honourable
The Lord Stunell
OBE PC
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Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Communities and Local Government
In office
13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron
Preceded by Barbara Follett
Succeeded by Don Foster
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip
in the House of Commons
In office
7 June 2001 – 22 March 2006
Leader Charles Kennedy
Preceded by Paul Tyler
Succeeded by Paul Burstow
Member of Parliament
for Hazel Grove
In office
1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by Tom Arnold
Succeeded by William Wragg
Majority 6,371 (14.2%)
Personal details
Born (1942-11-24) 24 November 1942 (age 74)
London, UK
Political party Liberal Democrats
Alma mater Victoria University of Manchester
Liverpool John Moores University
Religion Baptist

Robert Andrew Stunell, Baron Stunell, OBE, PC (born 24 November 1942) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.

Stunell was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hazel Grove, from the 1997 general election until he stood down at the 2015 general election. From 2010 to 2012 he served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government. He was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.

Andrew Stunell was born in Sutton, Surrey and educated at Surbiton County Grammar School for Boys (moved to Thames Ditton as Esher County Grammar School with the former buildings becoming Hollyfield School, then became Esher College in 1977) on St. Marks Hill in Surbiton, then studied Architecture at University of Manchester and Liverpool Polytechnic. He became a member of RIBA in 1969.

Stunell married Gillian Chorley in 1967. They have three sons and two daughters and he is a former Baptist lay preacher and an active member of his local Methodist church.


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