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 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Barbara Follett |
Succeeded by | Don Foster |
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Commons |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 22 March 2006 |
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Leader | Charles Kennedy |
Preceded by | Paul Tyler |
Succeeded by | Paul Burstow |
Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 |
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Preceded by | Tom Arnold |
Succeeded by | William Wragg |
Majority | 6,371 (14.2%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
London, UK |
24 November 1942
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.