Andrew smith mp resignations

Andrew Smith, the Oxford MP who this week shocked the political world when he resigned from the Government, will not stick the knife into.

Smith retired from the House of Commons at the 2017 general election....

Andrew Smith (British politician)

British politician

Andrew David Smith (born 1 February 1951^[1]) is a British Labour Partypolitician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford East from 1987 until 2017.

He served in the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1999 to 2002 and then as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2002 to 2004.

Smith retired from the House of Commons at the 2017 general election.^[2]

Early life

Smith was educated at Reading School and St John's College, Oxford, where he gained a BA and BPhil.

The Rt Hon Mr Andrew Smith is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Labour MP for Oxford East, and left the Commons on 3 May 2017.

Oxfordshire's only Labour MP cites his age as the reason for him not contesting the snap election.

Smith retired from the House of Commons at the 2017 general election.

The work and pensions secretary, Andrew Smith, has resigned from his cabinet post, Downing Street confirmed tonight.

Oxford East MP Andrew Smith yesterday resigned from his Cabinet post as Work and Pensions Secretary.

He was the Member Relations Officer for Oxford and Swindon Co-op Society from 1979 to 1987. He became an Oxford city councillor in 1976, leaving the council in 1987. He contested Oxford East in 1983.

Parliamentary career

Smith was the Member of Parliament for Oxford East, which he won in 1987, defeating Conservative MP Steven Norris.

After Labour won government in the 1997 general election he was made a minister