Andy McDonald (politician)
Andrew Joseph McDonald (born 8 March 1958) is a British politician and solicitor serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough since 2012. A member of the Labour Party, he sat as an independent MP from October 2023 to March 2024 after being placed under "precautionary suspension" for a period of three months, pending an investigation from the Party whip. McDonald had the Labour whip reinstated on 11 March 2024.
Andy McDonald MP | |||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 29 November 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Stuart Bell | ||||||||||||||
| Majority | 8,390 (24.6%) | ||||||||||||||
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| Member of Middlesbrough Council for Westbourne | |||||||||||||||
| In office 4 May 1995 – 6 May 1999 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | Andrew Joseph McDonald 8 March 1958 Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Campaign Group | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Leeds Polytechnic (BA) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | andymcdonaldmp | ||||||||||||||
McDonald served as Shadow Employment Secretary in Keir Starmer's Shadow Cabinet from 2020 until his resignation in 2021. Previously, he served as Shadow Secretary of State for Transport in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet from 2016 to 2020.
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