website predecessor successor birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
-lsb- http://www.talktopelling.org/ talktopelling.org -rsb- geraint davies constituency created gavin barwell steve o'connell wolverhampton , staffordshire , england british labour -lrb- formerly independent and conservative -rrb- member london assembly for croydon and sutton of parliament for croydon central member of the 20 august 1959 6 may 2005 4 may 2000 andrew pelling
 12 april 2010 1 may 2008 andrew pelling new college , oxford
andrew pelling

andrew john pelling -lrb- born 20 august 1959 -rrb- is a british politician .
first elected as a conservative he was an independent member of parliament for croydon central and on 30 march 2010 announced his intention to contest the seat as an independent at the 2010 general election , but lost the seat to his former party .
he was also a member of the london assembly for croydon and sutton and a councillor in croydon .
pelling has since become a member of the labour party , since february 2011 .
