Editing Andrew Gwynne

Andrew Gwynne was first elected to Parliament in the General Election held on Thursday 5th May 2005, as the new Labour Member of Parliament for the Denton and Reddish constituency in eastern Greater Manchester.  He was re-elected in the 2010 General Election.


== Political career ==
On 5 May 2005 – at the age of 30 – he became the youngest Labour MP in the 2005 Parliament. He was appointed to the House of Commons Procedure Committee in June 2005 and, despite having only been elected six months earlier, on 10 November 2005, Gwynne was promoted to become a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to The Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, as Minister of State for Criminal Justice and Offender Management at the Home Office. Between July 2007 and June 2009, he served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP. In June 2009 he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, the Rt Hon Ed Balls MP.
In October 2010 he became a Shadow Transport Minister, with responsibility for passenger transport. In the Opposition front bench reshuffle of October 2011, he was appointed to the Shadow Health team by Ed Miliband.

== Education ==
Educated at Egerton Park High School, Tameside College, North East Wales Institute and Salford University

== External link ==

Official webpage of Andrew Waynne
http://andrewgwynne.co.uk/
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+Andrew Gwynne was first elected to Parliament in the General Election held on Thursday 5th May 2005, as the new Labour Member of Parliament for the Denton and Reddish constituency in eastern Greater Manchester.  He was re-elected in the 2010 General Election.
-Andrew John Gwynne (born 4 June 1974) is a British Labour Party politician and has been MP for the constituency of Denton and Reddish since 2005. Gwynne was elected at the age of 30, becoming the youngest Labour MP in the 2005 Parliament.
-==  Political Career  ==
+== Political career ==
-Prior to becoming a UK MP, Andrew Gwynne served as a Labour Councillor on the Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, beginning in 1996, representing the Denton West Ward.
+On 5 May 2005 – at the age of 30 – he became the youngest Labour MP in the 2005 Parliament. He was appointed to the House of Commons Procedure Committee in June 2005 and, despite having only been elected six months earlier, on 10 November 2005, Gwynne was promoted to become a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to The Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, as Minister of State for Criminal Justice and Offender Management at the Home Office. Between July 2007 and June 2009, he served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP. In June 2009 he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, the Rt Hon Ed Balls MP.
-Gwynne was elected to UK Parliament in May, 2005 for the constituency of Denton and Reddish. He was appointed to the House of Commons Procedure Committee in June 2005 and, despite having only been elected six months earlier, on 10 November 2005, Gwynne was promoted to become a Parliamentary Private Secretary to The Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC.
+In October 2010 he became a Shadow Transport Minister, with responsibility for passenger transport. In the Opposition front bench reshuffle of October 2011, he was appointed to the Shadow Health team by Ed Miliband.
-Between June 2009 and May 2010, Andrew served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.
-Gwynne is currently a Shadow Health Minister, a post he has held since the October 2011 Opposition front bench reshuffle.
-==  Education  ==
+== Education ==
-Andrew Gwynne grew up in Denton and attended Egerton Park High School. Later he went to Tameside College, then North East Wales Institute and Salford University and graduated with a degree in Politics and Contemporary History.
+Educated at Egerton Park High School, Tameside College, North East Wales Institute and Salford University
-== External Links  ==
+== External link ==
-[http://andrewgwynne.co.uk/about/ Official Website of UK MP Andrew Gwynne]
-[[Category: British Parliamentarians – House of commons]]
+Official webpage of Andrew Waynne
+http://andrewgwynne.co.uk/