Andrew Mitchell

**Andrew John Bower Mitchell** (born 23 March 1956) is an English politician. He was born in Hampstead, London. He was appointed as Secretary of State for International Development on 12 May 2010, and as a Privy Counsellor on 13 May 2010. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Sutton Coldfield constituency in the United Kingdom. He was first elected in the 1987 general election  for the Gedling constituency but lost in 1997. He returned to parliament in the 2001 general election.

His father, David Mitchell (1928-2014), was also an MP.

He is a member of the Conservative Party.

In 2007 he started Project Umubano.

On 19 September 2012 he allegedly said to a police officer, 'You don't run this fucking government.... You're fucking plebs.' The media called what happened 'Plebgate'.

In 2022, after serving on the backbenches for 10 years, Mitchell made a return to government as Minister of State for Development and Africa following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister. He was appointed to the honorific title of Deputy Foreign Secretary in April 2024. After the defeat of the Conservative party in the 2024 general election, Mitchell became Shadow Foreign Secretary in Sunak's shadow cabinet.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Andrew Mitchell
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament (UK), MP
- **image**: Official portrait of Andrew Mitchell MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2024
- **office1**: Foreign Secretary, Deputy Foreign Secretary
- **primeminister1**: Rishi Sunak
- **1blankname1**: Foreign Secretary
- **1namedata1**: David Cameron
- **term start1**: 12 April 2024
- **term end1**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor1**: _Office established_
- **successor1**: _Office abolished_
- **office2**: Minister of State for Development and Africa
- **primeminister2**: Rishi Sunak
- **term start2**: 25 October 2022
- **term end2**: 5 July 2024
- **successor2**: Anneliese Dodds
Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury, The Lord Collins of Highbury
- **primeminister3**: David Cameron
- **term start3**: 4 September 2012
- **term end3**: 19 October 2012
- **predecessor3**: Patrick McLoughlin
- **successor3**: Sir George Young
- **office4**: Secretary of State for International Development
- **primeminister4**: David Cameron
- **term start4**: 12 May 2010
- **term end4**: 4 September 2012
- **predecessor4**: Douglas Alexander
- **successor4**: Justine Greening
- **office5**: Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
- **term start5**: 7 May 2005
- **term end5**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor5**: Alan Duncan
- **successor5**: Douglas Alexander
- **office6**: Department of Social Security (United Kingdom), Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security
- **primeminister506**: John Major
- **term start6**: 6 July 1995
- **term end6**: 2 May 1997
- **predecessor6**: Alistair Burt
- **successor6**: John Denham (politician), John Denham
- **office7**: Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
- **primeminister7**: John Major
- **term start7**: 20 July 1994
- **term end7**: 6 July 1995
- **predecessor7**: Irvine Patnick
- **successor7**: David Willetts
- **term start8**: 7 June 2001
- **predecessor8**: Norman Fowler
- **majority8**: 2,543 (5.3%)
- **term start9**: 11 June 1987
- **term end9**: 8 April 1997
- **predecessor9**: Philip Holland (politician), Philip Holland
- **successor9**: Vernon Coaker
- **birth name**: Andrew John Bower Mitchell
- **birth place**: Hampstead, London, England
- **father**: David Mitchell (politician), David Mitchell
- **residence**: Islington, London, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **spouse**: Sharon Bennett
- **alma mater**: Jesus College, Cambridge
- **office**: Shadow Foreign Secretary
- **predecessor**: David Lammy
- **term start**: 8 July 2024
- **term end**: 4 November 2024
- **leader**: Rishi Sunak
- **successor**: Priti Patel