Andrew Smith (politician)

Andrew Smith ( born 1 February 1951 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England ) is a British Labour Party politician, who the constituency of Oxford East in the House of Commons since 1987, representing, among others, Minister for Work and Pensions was.

Life

After visiting the Reading School Smith studied at St John's College, University of Oxford, where she earned both a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) and a Bachelor of Philosophy ( B.Phil. ). His political career began in local politics when he was elected a member of the City Council of Oxford in 1976 and this was a member until 1987. Between 1979 and 1987 he was a manager responsible for the resident in Oxford and Swindon Konsumgenossenschaft Co-op society and there for the communication with the members.

After he had first candidate in the general election in 1983 without success in the constituency of Oxford East, he was elected in the general election of 11 June 1987 in this constituency as a member of the House of Commons and heard this since participated.

During his long parliamentary membership, he was initially 1988-1992 spokesman for the opposition Labour Group for Higher Education and then between 1992 and 1996 for the Treasury and Economic Affairs, where he at the same time from 1994 to 1996 also "shadow chief secretary to the Treasury " and from 1996 to 1997, "shadow transport minister " was in the shadow cabinet of his party.

After the election of the Labour Party in the lower house elections of 1 May 1997, he was Minister of State at the Department for Education and Employment and was responsible for employment, welfare, work and equal opportunities. After a cabinet reshuffle, he was in October 1999, Chief Secretary of the Treasury (Chief Secretary to the Treasury), before following a new government reshuffle May 2002 to September 2004 Minister for Work and Pensions ( Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ) in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Tony Blair was.

After leaving the government he belongs to the House of Commons as a backbencher, and was last 2009-2010 Member of the Special Committee for the South East of England.

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