1. Andrew John Gwynne was born on 4 June 1974 and is a British politician who is Member of Parliament for Gorton and Denton, previously Denton and Reddish, since 2005.
20 Facts About Andrew Gwynne
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Andrew Gwynne was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention from 2024 until February 2025, when he was dismissed and had his Labour membership suspended because of offensive messages he had written on WhatsApp.
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Andrew Gwynne was Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Labour Party Co-National Campaign Coordinator from 2017 to 2020.
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Andrew Gwynne is the son of the late broadcaster and pundit John Gwynne.
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Andrew Gwynne was born on 4 June 1974 in Manchester.
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Andrew Gwynne was educated at Egerton Park Community High School in Denton, Tameside College of Technology in Ashton-under-Lyne, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education in Wrexham from 1992 to 1995 and the University of Salford from 1995 to 1998, earning a BA in Politics and Contemporary History.
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At the age of 21, Andrew Gwynne became England's youngest councillor when on 2 May 1996 he was elected to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, representing the Denton West Ward for the Labour Party.
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Andrew Gwynne was re-elected in 2000 and 2004 when he topped the poll in an "all out" election resulting from boundary changes in the borough.
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Andrew Gwynne was appointed to the House of Commons Procedure Committee in June 2005 and, on 10 November 2005, was promoted to become a Parliamentary private secretary to Patricia Scotland, as Minister of State for Criminal Justice and Offender Management at the Home Office.
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In October 2010 Andrew Gwynne became a Shadow Transport Minister with responsibility for passenger transport.
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Andrew Gwynne took a leading role in November 2015 in organising Labour in the Oldham West and Royton by-election, which took place as a result of the death of Michael Meacher.
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Andrew Gwynne said he hoped that "I can do the memory of Michael Meacher proud by helping to return a Labour MP for the seat".
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In January 2017 Andrew Gwynne was appointed to lead Labour's campaign for the Copeland by-election following the resignation of Jamie Reed.
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Andrew Gwynne focused the campaign on Conservatives plans to cut services at West Cumberland Hospital and to move some hospital facilities, including maternity services, to Carlisle, 80 miles away.
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In February 2017 Andrew Gwynne was appointed as the Labour Party's Co-National Campaign Coordinator.
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On 8 February 2025, Andrew Gwynne was dismissed from the government as health minister and suspended from the Labour Party for offensive comments he had posted in a WhatsApp group used by Manchester Labour politicians.
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Andrew Gwynne wrote that American psychologist Marshall Rosenberg's name "sounds too militaristic and too Jewish", and asked if Rosenberg was a member of Israel's intelligence service, Mossad.
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Andrew Gwynne is the son of sports commentator and reporter John Gwynne.
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Andrew Gwynne married Allison Dennis in March 2003 in Tameside, and they have two sons and a daughter.
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Allison Andrew Gwynne serves as a councillor for Denton North East Ward of Tameside Council.