BA MA (University of Cambridge)
Andrew Mitchell is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton Coldfield since 2001. He was returned as MP for Sutton Coldfield at the 2015 general election, with his majority increased by 0.6%. He was the MP for Gedling from 1987 to 1997. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2010 to 2012, and then briefly as Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons. Mitchell was elected President of the Cambridge Union in 1978. Before university, he served for several months as a United Nations military peacekeeper in Cyprus.
Andrew is currently campaigning on a number of important local issues in Sutton Coldfield including issues affecting the local environment and the general well-being of the Sutton Coldfield communities. He is very active in addressing issues of local development where he feels they adversely affect the Town. He actively supports a number of local charities including Breastfriends, Norman Laud Association, Sutton Coldfield Branch of the RNLI, Parkinson's Disease Society, Sutton Coldfield Sea Cadets, Greenacres, and Sutton Coldfield Guiding.
Andrew Mitchell is addressing major humanitarian crisis in in Aleppo and Syria and calling for the west to tackle Russia and enforce a no-fly zone and protect the citizens of eastern Aleppo from Russian bombardment. Andrew has a house in Sutton Coldfield and spends as much time as possible regularly visiting local schools, businesses and voluntary organisations. He co-founded Project Umubano in 2007 and his leadership was central in setting up CFID.
