Andy Burnham

Politician

1970 –

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Who is Andy Burnham?

Andrew Murray Burnham is a British Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Leigh since 2001. He is Shadow Secretary of State for Health.

Burnham continuously held various Cabinet posts under the Premiership of Gordon Brown between 2007 to 2010, first as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Secretary of State for Health. He was a candidate in the 2010 Labour leadership election, coming fourth out of the five candidates with 8.68% of the vote.

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Born
Jan 7, 1970
Liverpool
Also known as
  • Andrew Murray Burnham
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
  • University of Cambridge
Lived in
  • Liverpool

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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