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Andy Carter
Carter in 2019
Member of Parliament
for Warrington South
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byFaisal Rashid
Majority2,010 (3.2%)
Personal details
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Children1
EducationWorksop College
Alma materUniversity of Leicester
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Andrew John Carter[1] is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington South in the 2019 general election.[2]

Biography

Carter was born in 1974 and was privately educated at Worksop College. He went on to study Economics at the University of Leicester. In 2011 he attended Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.[3]

Carter was Group Managing Director of Manchester-based GMG Radio before the group was taken over by Global Radio in 2014. After leaving radio he worked in a family business and ran a consultancy firm. He was selected as the Conservative candidate for Warrington South in March 2019.[4]

Personal life

Carter lives in Lymm with his wife, Aggie, and a son, Harry.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Members Sworn". Hansard.parliament.uk. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ "General election 2019: Conservatives gain two seats in Cheshire". BBC News. BBC. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "About Andy Carter MP". Andy Carter MP. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Former radio MD Andy Carter becomes Warrington South MP". Radio Today. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Warrington South

2019–present
Incumbent