12 Facts About Andrew Stunell

Andrew Stunell was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.

Andrew Stunell was a former Baptist lay preacher and an active member of his local Methodist church.

Andrew Stunell subsequently served on Stockport Council for six years, remaining on the Council for a time after his election as an MP.

Andrew Stunell contested the City of Chester constituency three times, as the Liberal Party candidate in 1979 and for the SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.

Andrew Stunell retained the seat at the 2001,2005 and 2010 general elections.

On entering parliament in 1997 Andrew Stunell was appointed the Shadow Energy minister under Paddy Ashdown, a role he performed until 2005.

Andrew Stunell stood down from the role in March 2006 to serve as the Shadow Secretary of State for communities and local government which concluded in December 2007 when Nick Clegg asked him to become chair of the Liberal Democrat local elections team.

In January 2009 Andrew Stunell was appointed to be the Liberal Democrat representative on the International Development Select Committee and in August 2009 he was asked to take on the role of vice-chair of the general election campaign.

In 2003 Andrew Stunell came top in the regular ballot of Private Members' Bills and was successful in having his Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill become an Act of Parliament in 2004.

Andrew Stunell was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom on 7 November 2012 at Buckingham Palace.

Andrew Stunell was knighted for public and political service in the 2013 Birthday Honours.

Andrew Stunell was created a Life Peer taking the title Baron Andrew Stunell, of Hazel Grove in the County of Greater Manchester on 26 October 2015.