Andrew Tyrie
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Andrew Tyrie
For the former Ulster Defence Association leader, see Andy Tyrie.
| Andrew Tyrie MP | |
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| Andrew Tyrie MP | |
| Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | John McFall |
| Member of Parliament for Chichester |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Anthony Nelson |
| Majority | 15,877 (28%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 January 1957 Rochford, Essex, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford College of Europe Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| Website | www.andrewtyrie.com |
Andrew Guy Tyrie (born 15 January 1957) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester, and was first elected in the 1997 general election.[1][2][3][4] He had previously been a special adviser at HM Treasury and is the current Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, having taken up the role on 10 June 2010.[2]
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Early life
Andrew Tyrie was born in Rochford, England on January 15, 1957.[1][3] He was educated at Felsted School and Trinity College, Oxford, where he received an MA in PPE in 1979.[1][4] He then went to the College of Europe in Bruges, earning a postgraduate Certificate of Advanced European Studies (equivalent to a master's degree), followed by Wolfson College, Cambridge, where he obtained an MPhil.[1][4] Tyrie worked at the group head office of British Petroleum from 1981-3.[4] From 1990-1, he was a Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, then a senior economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 1992-7.[1][2][4]
Parliamentary career
Tyrie contested Houghton and Washington in 1992.[3] As Member of Parliament for Chichester, Tyrie has been involved locally, namely in supporting campaigns including the movement to prevent the Accident and Emergency Department at St Richard's Hospital from being downgraded.
He is Founder and Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition, a group of politicians in the UK Parliament established in December 2005 to examine the issue of extraordinary rendition and related issues.[1][5] He has been a member of the Public Accounts Commission since 1997 and served in the 1922 Committee Executive between 2005-06.[3] He served in Michael Howard's shadow cabinet as Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury between November 2003-March 4 and Shadow Paymaster General between March 2004 - May 5.[3] He has been a member of many select committees, namely the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills (1997–2001), the Public Administration Select Committee (1997–2001), the Treasury Select Committee (2001–03; 09-; Chairman as of 2010), the Treasury Sub-Committee (2001–04), the Constitutional Affairs Committee/Justice Select Committee (2005–2010), the Joint Committee on Conventions (2006), the Reform of the House of Commons Committee (2009–10), Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills (2009-; Chairman as of 2010) and the Liaison Committee (2010-). On 10 June 2010, Tyrie was elected to chair the Treasury Select Committee, beating original favourite Michael Fallon to succeed John McFall. He also represents the United Kingdom in the Inter-Parliamentary Union.[3]
Mr Tyrie is also a council member of the Centre for Policy Studies.[2] He is a shareholder of the Veritas Asian Fund and Falconland Limited, and he sits on the Board of Directors of Rugby Estates.[3]
According to the Financial Times, "One possible reason why Mr Tyrie is still on the backbenches is that he irritated David Cameron by challenging his climate change policies. Mr Cameron did not ask him to become a minister after the 2010 election and his nickname in senior Tory circles is 'Andrew Tiresome'".[6]
Bibliography
- Subsidiarity: As History and Policy (with Andrew Adonis, 1990)
- Cautionary Tale of EMU: Some Mistakes, Some Remedies (1991)
- The Prospects For Public Spending (1996)
- Reforming the Lords: A Conservative Approach (1998)
- Leviathan at Large: The New Regulator for the Financial Markets (with Martin McElwee, 2000)
- Never Say Never: Common Sense on the Euro (2002)
- Mr Blair's Poodle: An Agenda for Reviving the House of Commons (CPS, 2003)
- Mr Blair's Poodle Goes to War: The House of Commons, Congress, Iraq (CPS, 2004)
- Pruning The Politicians: The case for a smaller House of Commons (2005)
- Greater Transparency for UK Retail Banking: A Proposal (2007)
- Account Rendered (with Roger Gough and Stuart McCracken, 2011)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Official biography
- ^ a b c d Centre for Policy Studies Advisory Board
- ^ a b c d e f g BBC profile
- ^ a b c d e The Guardian profile
- ^ All Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition
- ^ George Parker (26 January 2012). "Tyrie aims to bring 'Sun King' down to earth". FT.com. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60bc6cfc-4826-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0.html. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
External links
- Contributor page at The Guardian
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Andrew Tyrie MP
- The Public Whip - Andrew Tyrie MP voting record
- Parliament.uk - Andrew Tyrie MP profile
- Index of articles he's written at Journalisted
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Anthony Nelson |
Member of Parliament for Chichester 1997–present |
Incumbent |
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