Andy Burnham
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The Right Honourable Andy Burnham MP |
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| Shadow Home Secretary | |
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In office 13 September 2015 – 6 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing |
Theresa May Amber Rudd |
| Preceded by | Yvette Cooper |
| Succeeded by | Diane Abbott |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health | |
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In office 7 October 2011 – 13 September 2015 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Shadowing |
Andrew Lansley Jeremy Hunt |
| Preceded by | John Healey |
| Succeeded by | Heidi Alexander |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
| Shadowing | Andrew Lansley |
| Preceded by | Andrew Lansley |
| Succeeded by | John Healey |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | |
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In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Shadowing | Michael Gove |
| Preceded by | Ed Balls |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Twigg |
| Secretary of State for Health | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Alan Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Lansley |
| Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
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In office 24 January 2008 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | James Purnell |
| Succeeded by | Ben Bradshaw |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 24 January 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Chancellor | Alistair Darling |
| Preceded by | Stephen Timms |
| Succeeded by | Yvette Cooper |
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Member of Parliament for Leigh |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Lawrence Cunliffe |
| Majority | 14,096 (31.2%) |
| Personal details | |
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Andrew Murray Burnham 7 January 1970 Aintree, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-France van Heel |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh since 2001 and is Labour's nominee to be the first elected Mayor of Greater Manchester in the May 2017 mayoral election.
Born in the Old Roan area of Aintree, Merseyside, on the border of Liverpool, Burnham was educated at local comprehensive schools and graduated with a degree in English from Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge. He worked as a researcher for Tessa Jowell from 1994 to 1997, then working for the NHS Confederation in 1997 and as an administrator for the Football Task Force in 1998. The same year, he became a special adviser to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Chris Smith, a position he held until 2001.
After the retirement of Lawrence Cunliffe, the Labour MP for Leigh, Burnham was elected to succeed him in 2001. He was a member of the Health Select Committee from 2001 until 2003, then serving as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Home Secretary David Blunkett until 2004, when he became PPS to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly. He was promoted to serve in the Government after the 2005 election as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Home Office. In 2006, Burnham was moved to become a Minister of State at the Department of Health.
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