Andrew Stunell OBE

Biography

Andrew Stunell was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Liberal Democrat MP for Hazel Grove on 1 May 1997.

Education

Andrew was educated at at Surbiton Grammar School, the University of Manchester and Liverpool Polytechnic.

Career

After an early career in architecture, he served on Stockport Council and on Cheshire County Council. He also worked as Political Secretary of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors (ALDC) from 1989 to 1996. Andrew was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1993.

He was formerly Chief Whip and Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. In 2004 he steered his Private Members Act on Sustainable Buildings through Parliament.

Personal life

Mr Stunell is married with 5 children.

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• Farmers should be able to offer affordable homes on the farm
  • 18 October 2012
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• International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade
  • 28 August 2012
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• Code for sustainable homes and energy performance of buildings data: June 2012
  • 23 August 2012
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• Paralympic flag flies at Eland House
  • 20 August 2012
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• Response to Daily Mail claims about the green belt
  • 17 August 2012
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• Andrew Stunell urges councils to give voluntary sector a leading role
  • 24 July 2012
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• Minister calls on racist footballers to face sack
  • 20 July 2012
  • News story
• Unpublished research reports: building, planning and the environment
  • 13 July 2012
  • Written statement
• Love Your Local Market to return next year
  • 12 July 2012
  • Press release
• Community groups to bring 2,000 empty homes back to life with government help
  • 10 July 2012
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