Andrew Rosindell

**Andrew Rosindell** is a  British Conservative politician who has served as senator for London since 2009.

## Senator for London

### Serving With

David Lammy (since 2023)
 Keir Starmer (2019-2023)
 Jeremy Corbyn (2009-2019)

## Personal details

### Born

Andrew Richard Rosindell
17 March 1966 (age 57)
Romford, London, Commonwealth of Britain

## Early Life

Rosindell was born in Romford, Greater London, as the son of a school dinner lady. Rosindell attended Marshalls Park School. He joined the Conservative Party at the age of 14. He attended Imperial College London.
He was chairman of the Young Conservatives from 1993 to 1994.

## Early Political Career

Rosindell ran for councillor in Havering County, east London in 1990, which was a success, he unseated  Labour Councillor in a 20 point swing. He sought unsuccessfully to enter congress, losing the Conservative primary to run for the 20th district in 1992, which Labour won the general. He successfully won the primary to the same district in 1994, but lost by 10 points. In 1996, he won the Conservative primary for the 35th Congressional District in a highly contested seat. Former President  Thatcher endorsed him in the primary, and campaigned for him personally in the general election. He ran with a Thatcherite and socially conservative message, attacking then President  Blair for socially liberal policies and mass immigration. He won the general election by 9 points, with the district being one of the 8 for the Conservatives to gain from the Labour Party in the 1996 mid term election. From there, he comfortably won re election in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 before running for senate in 2008.

## Senate

In 2007, he announced his intention to run for the 2008 senate seat, following the resignation of Labour senator Clive Soley. Critics said he was too right-wing to win, but he won the Conservative primary in 2008 with strength in the outer counties. Strong Conservative performance in the 2008 mid-term elections helped Rosindell win the general election. Against the odds, he would win re-election by just 3000 votes in the 2014 senate race, over-performing  Cameron in the state to defeat Labour nominee Gareth Thomas. He was polled to lose in every single poll. In 2020, he won re election in a 3 way race, with a runoff between him and former London senator and Presidential candidate Jeremy Corbyn. He won 50.7% to Corbyn's 49.3%. In 2014, Senate Conservatives announced he would be given the role of Chair of Senate Homeland Security, as he gained popularity amongst Conservative groups following his re-election. He served for just 2 years before stepping down. His voting record is largely to the right of even most Conservative senators, but he has moderated his voting record since 2014. He has voted against measures to protect LGBT and abortion rights.

In 2009, he endorsed David Davis for president in the Conservative primary, and was speculated as a possible running mate. However, Davis lost the primary to Cameron, and Rosindell subsequently endorsed Cameron.

In January 2014, in the senate, he called for the removal of former Sussex Attorney General Anthony Bourne from the Conservative party as a result of new fraud evidence, and criticised David Cameron for not involving himself in this case.

## Political Views

### Social views

Rosindell holds socially conservative positions on issues such as abortion, same sex marriage. He opposes same sex marriage and civil unions, and he started he opposes abortion. When questioned about exceptions to abortion, he stated "2 wrongs don't make a right". More recently, He has attacked "Labour's transgender-ism woke politics", and blamed Labour Governor Sadiq Khan for turning London into "murder capital of Europe". He has supported banning the teaching of LGBT content in schools, though in 2020 he said that this is no longer is position. He heavily criticised Governor Boris Johnson for allowing the legalisation of same sex marriage in the London state, calling from "socially marxist" and claiming that it leads to a "slipperly slope", stating "soon, we will be legalising incest".

### Economics

Rosindell's economic views are Thatcherite. He has supported tax cuts, deregulation, and promotion of business creation. He called trade unions communist.

### Other issues

He has said he admires Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet, which brought condemnation from several  Labour senators, with Corbyn branding him as a "Nazi".
Rosindell has voiced support for constitutionally protected rights for animals. He has stated all overseas territories should be submitted into the union and given congressional representation. He has said there should be a referendum in commonwealth countries on joining together as one republic.

## Electoral History

8 November 1990

1990 Havering County Council 3rd Seat
 Conservative gain from Labour

Incumbent Labour councillor lost seat.

7 November 1996

He defeated Labour incumbent.

5 November 1998

Rosindell increased his majority.

2 November 2000

Wins re-election with increased majority

7 November 2002

4 November 2004

Note: District boundaries changed in 2004

2 November 2006