Andrew Gwynne

**Andrew Gwynne** (born 1974) is the member of Parliament for the Denton and Reddish constituency. He belongs to the Labour Party.

## Early life

Gwynne is the son of John Gwynne, a sports commentator. Gwynne attended Edgerton Park School in Denton, followed by Tameside College and the North East Wales Institute.  He studied at Salford University, where he graduated with a degree in Politics and Contemporary History.

## Local government career

Gwynne was a local counsellor for the Denton West ward between 1996 and 2008.

## Parliamentary career

Gwynne was first elected to Parliament in the 2005 General Election. He became a shadow minister for transport in 2010. In 2011, he became a shadow minister for health. He was then made shadow minister without portfolio in 2016. He then was appointed as campaigns and elections chair in 2017. He became shadow secretary of state for communities and local government in 2017, as well as co-national campaigns co-ordintor.  He currently holds both of these posts.  In 2018, he urged Theressa May to sack the academic Roger Scruton as housing tsar because of racist and homophobic comments Scruton had made in the past. The journalist Quentin Letts described Gwynne's comments about Scruton as "slander".

### Controversy

In 2018, Gwynne admitted to being a member of a Facebook group where anti-semitic posts were published. He subsequently asked to be removed from the group.

## Personal life

Gwynne is married to his wife, Alison Gwynne and he has three children. Alison Gwynne is a counsellor for the Denton north-east ward. He has spoken publically about living with Depression.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/john-gwynne-checks-out-voice-darts-5384126
2. ↑ https://andrewgwynne.co.uk/about-2/
3. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk\_politics/4649915.stm
4. ↑ https://andrewgwynne.co.uk/about-2/
5. ↑ https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/Andrew-Gwynne/1506
6. ↑ https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-gwynne/1506
7. ↑ https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-gwynne/1506
8. ↑ https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-gwynne/1506
9. ↑ https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-gwynne/1506
10. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/10/jeremy-corbyn-andrew-gwynne-labour-election-strategy
11. ↑ https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-gwynne/1506
12. ↑ https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/11/theresa-may-urged-sack-roger-scruton-over-comments-eugenics
13. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6382527/QUENTIN-LETTS-Labours-whiny-slug-delivers-nasty-slanders-Parliament.html
14. ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/04/07/labour-mp-andrew-gwynne-admits-member-facebook-group-anti-semitic/
15. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk\_politics/4649915.stm
16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180105011553/https://www.tameside.gov.uk/councillors/dentonnortheast
17. ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/mp-andrew-gwynne-mental-ill-health-has-haunted-my-political-life-a4041361.html
18. ↑ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-mp-opens-up-15270481