Andrew Griffith

Andrew John Griffith (born 23 February 1971) is a British politician and former senior media executive who, since 2019, has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel and South Downs.

Andrew Griffith
MP
Official portrait, 2019
Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
Assumed office
13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byGeorge Freeman
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
27 October 2022  13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byRichard Fuller
Succeeded byBim Afolami
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
7 September 2022  27 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byLucy Frazer
Succeeded byVictoria Atkins
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports
In office
8 July 2022  7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMike Freer
Succeeded byMarcus Fysh
Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
Minister for Policy
In office
3 February 2022  8 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMunira Mirza
Succeeded byJamie Hope
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
17 September 2021  3 February 2022
Serving with Sarah Dines
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAlex Burghart
Trudy Harrison
Succeeded byJoy Morrissey
Lia Nici
James Duddridge
Member of Parliament
for Arundel and South Downs
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byNick Herbert
Majority22,521 (36.7%)
Prime Minister's Chief Business Adviser
In office
23 July 2019  12 December 2019
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAlex Hickman
Personal details
Born (1971-02-23) 23 February 1971
Bexleyheath, Kent
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Barbara Griffith
(m. 1997)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Websiteandrewgriffithmp.com

A member of the Conservative Party, Griffith has been Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation since November 2023. Previously he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports from July 2022 until September 2022, as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit from February 2022 to July 2022, and as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2022 to 2023.

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