Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe, Baron Sharpe of Epsom, OBE (born June 1965)[2][3] is an investment banker and British Conservative politician based in Surrey,[4] who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office from September 2022 to July 2024.[5][6]
The Lord Sharpe of Epsom | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
| In office 20 September 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak[1] |
| Preceded by | The Lord Murray of Blidworth |
| Succeeded by | Jess Phillips |
| Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 8 October 2021 – 20 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2020 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe June 1965 (age 59) |
Career
editSharpe was originally a policeman in Hong Kong between 1987 and 1991, before migrating to the UK in the early 1990s, where he began working as a merchant banker.[7]
Sharpe was the President of the National Conservative Convention from 2017 to 2018 and was its Chairman until July 2021.[8] Sharpe was also Vice Chair of the Policy Forum. He has worked to promote voluntary involvement in senior levels of the Conservative Party's organisation.[4]
Parliamentary career
editSharpe was nominated for a Life Peerage in the 2020 Political Honours by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He was created Baron Sharpe of Epsom on 15 September and introduced to the House of Lords on 12 October.[9] He made his maiden speech on 16 December 2020. He was appointed to the front bench in October 2021 in Johnson's Reshuffle.
Prominently, Sharpe piloted the Illegal Migration Act 2023 and the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 through the Lords for the Government.
References
edit- ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ Sharpe of Epsom. UK Who's Who. 1 December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U294773. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Sharpe". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ a b "A powerful Tory body is re-electing its top team - but most members don't even know about it". Politics Home. 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "MPs and Lords - Lord Sharpe of Epsom". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Drinks Reception with Andrew Sharpe OBE, Chairman Conservative National Convention". Cities of London & Westminster.
- ^ "Lord Sharpe of Epsom". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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