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Andrea Leadsom
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British politician (born 1963)
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Andrea Leadsom is a British politician, banker, and political scientist born in Aylesbury in 1963. She holds the honorific prefix The Right Honourable and is a member of the Conservative Party. Her career includes roles as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Leader of the House of Commons, Secretary of State for Business and Trade, and Lord President of the Council. She has also worked for Barclays.
Leadsom was educated at the University of Warwick and speaks English. She is Anglican and resides in London. She has been a candidate in the 2010, 2015, and 2019 United Kingdom general elections, as well as the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election. She is the author of the work *Snakes and Ladders*. She has three children.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Snakes and Ladders
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Rishi Sunak
- Preceded by
- Neil O'Brien
- Succeeded by
- Andrew Gwynne
- Born
- Andrea Jacqueline Salmon , ( 1963-05-13 ) 13 May 1963 (age 63) , Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire , England
- Party
- Conservative
- Spouse
- Ben Leadsom ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 )
- Education
- Tonbridge Grammar School
- Alma mater
- University of Warwick ( BA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacqueline
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Aylesbury
- Occupation
- political scientist
- Position held
- Lord President of the Council
- Political party
- Conservative Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Official website
- www.andrealeadsom.com
- Image
- Official portrait of Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP crop 2.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- London
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- date of birth
- 1963-05-13
- name in native language
- Andrea Leadsom
- birth name
- Andrea Jacqueline Salmon
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- Andrea Leadsom
- Commons gallery
- Andrea Leadsom
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- candidacy in election
- 2017 United Kingdom general election
- social media followers
- 129491
- P10632
- Andrea Leadsom
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (/ˈlɛdsəm/; née Salmon; born 13 May 1963) is a British politician who served in various ministerial positions under Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2014 and 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Northamptonshire from 2010 to 2024. Leadsom served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2016 to 2017, Leader of the House of Commons from 2017 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2019 to 2020. She has twice stood to become Leader of the Conservative Party, in 2016 and 2019.
Leadsom was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1963. After graduating with a degree in political science at the University of Warwick, she began a career in finance including working as Institutional Banking Director at Barclays, and later as Senior Investment Officer and Head of Corporate Governance at Invesco Perpetual. She was elected to the House of Commons at the 2010 general election. She served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from 2014 to 2015 and Minister of State for Energy from 2015 to 2016. Leadsom was a prominent member of the Leave campaign during the 2016 referendum on EU membership, with some claiming that she had impressed in TV debates.
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