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Andy Burnham is a former MP for Leigh.

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Former Labour MP for Leigh

Entered the House of Commons on 7 June 2001 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @AndyBurnhamGM
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Andy Burnham campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Education
• Department of Health
• Transport
• Trade and Industry
• General Practitioners
• NHS: Reorganisation
• Cancer
• Free Schools
• Air Pollution: Greater Manchester

Currently held offices

• Mayor of Greater Manchester (since 8 May 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Home Secretary (14 Sep 2015 to 6 Oct 2016)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Health ( 7 Oct 2011 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Education and Election Co-ordinator) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Health (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• The Secretary of State for Health ( 6 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (25 Jan 2008 to 5 Jun 2009)
• The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (28 Jun 2007 to 24 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (Department of Health) (Delivery and Quality) ( 5 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (10 May 2005 to 5 May 2006)
• PPS (Rt Hon David Blunkett, Secretary of State), Home Office (10 Apr 2005 to 11 Apr 2005)
• PPS (Rt Hon David Blunkett, Secretary of State), Home Office (13 May 2004 to 16 Dec 2004)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 20 Oct 2003)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Lawrence Cunliffe
• Harold Boardman
• John Tinker
• Henry Twist
• Peter Raffan
• John Brunner
• C.P. Scott
• Caleb Wright

Future MPs in this constituency

• Jo Platt
• James Grundy

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Education Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (13 out of 23)
• Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (16 out of 19)
• Land Registration Bill Committee (2 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Petition - Fairer Funding Formula for School Pupils in Macclesfield Constituency and the Cheshire East Local Authority Area: Contaminated Blood 25 Apr 2017

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• Petition - Fairer Funding Formula for School Pupils in Macclesfield Constituency and the Cheshire East Local Authority Area: Contaminated Blood 25 Apr 2017

  I am grateful for the opportunity. The Minister was very kind in her remarks, but the point that perhaps was missed when referencing Archer and Penrose is that I am calling for a different process that takes documents at a very local level and matches them with documents higher up the chain. It is only then that we can put the jigsaw together and start to understand why someone was acting in...

• Petition - Fairer Funding Formula for School Pupils in Macclesfield Constituency and the Cheshire East Local Authority Area: Contaminated Blood 25 Apr 2017

  I accept that there have been two inquiries—Penrose was commissioned by the Scottish Government—but it is not acceptable for the Government to point to Archer. That was not a Government-backed inquiry. It did not have access to all the Government papers. The Minister cannot use that as an excuse or say, “We don’t need an inquiry because of Archer.”

More of Andy Burnham’s recent appearances